Bhutan: Bird flu possibly wiped out Chukha poultry farm- Confirmed

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Source: http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=24374

Jan 04, 2012
Bird flu possibly wiped out Chukha poultry farm

Livestock-BAFRA investigating team is yet to confirm the suspicion
National Centre For Animal Health The national centre for animal health in Serbithang, Thimphu, is suspecting a bird flu or H5NI outbreak as the cause of death of all the 87 birds in a private poultry farm in Chukha.

The birds, in the farm in Bjacho gewog, died between December 30 and 31.

Dr Tashi Dorji from the livestock division of the centre said polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine proved that the birds died because of H5N1. However, a team from the livestock division and Bhutan agriculture food regulatory authority (BAFRA) are still investigating the detail source of infection.

The disease, Dr Tashi Dorji said, is under control and no people or other poultry farms were affected. ?We?re still doing the investigation and surveying neighbouring villages,? Dr Tashi Dorji said...

 

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Source: http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=24555

Jan 06, 2012
Culling underway in affected poultry farms

Bird Flu Outbreak: By yesterday evening, 395 chickens and 447 eggs were culled after the recent outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Tsimasham, Chukha on December 31, last year.

On January 4, a total of 330 birds and 360 eggs in four poultry farms were culled.

Last evening, they culled the remaining 65 birds and 87 eggs.

The culling began, following a confirmation of an outbreak by the national centre for animal health in Serbithang, Thimphu...

...There are so far no reports of any human being infected with the virus. ?Lhamo is still under observation,? Dr Tashi Dorji said.

Contact with pigeons is suspected to have caused the outbreak. ?The poultry must have come in contact with pigeons to feed on rice,? Dr Tashi Dorji said. ?And pigeons are wild birds that carries such virus.?

The detailed report from Bhopal will also confirm the source of infection...