India: Domestic duck deaths in Alappuzha - H5N1

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Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...-kills-ducks-in-alappuzha/article37772242.ece

Mystery disease kills ducks in Alappuzha
Staff Reporter
ALAPPUZHA, November 30, 2021 19:19 IST
Updated: November 30, 2021 19:19 IST

Mass death of ducks at Purakkad in Alappuzha has triggered panic among farmers in the region.

Joseph Cherian, a duck farmer, said he had lost 9,000 ducks (around 70 days old) in the past week due to a mysterious illness.

Animal Husbandry Department officials said samples of dead birds had been sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, for analysis. “The cause of the deaths is yet to be ascertained. We are awaiting the examination results, which is expected in the next 48 hours. All the dead ducks belonged to a single farmer. Other than the deaths at Purakkad, no such incidents have been reported from anywhere in the district,” said an official.

The samples were sent to NIHSAD after tests conducted at the Avian Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Thiruvalla and the State Institute for Animal Diseases remained inconclusive...

 

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Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/more-ducks-die-in-alappuzha/article37882960.ece

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More mass death of ducks in Alappuzha
Staff Reporter
ALAPPUZHA, December 07, 2021 17:41 IST
Updated: December 07, 2021 18:52 IST


Delay in identifying the cause worries farmers

More duck deaths have been reported from Kuttanad in Alappuzha creating a sense of apprehension among farmers in the region.

According to Binnychan Xavier, a duck farmer at Attuvathala in Nedumudi, more than 3,000 of his ducks perished in the last six days.

It is the second reporting of mass death of ducks from the region in recent weeks. Joseph Cherian, a duck farmer from Purakkad lost more than 10,000 ducks in less than two weeks. However, the numbers have not yet been confirmed by the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD)...

 

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Source: https://www.bhaskarlive.in/bird-flu-detected-in-keralas-alappuzha/

Bird flu detected in Kerala’s Alappuzha
December 9, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 9 | Bird flu detected in Kerala’s Alappuzha. Samples of ducks sent from Purakkad in Alappuzha district of Kerala have tested positive for bird flu, laboratory reports show.

Authorities confirmed that the reports have come from the Bhopal based lab of National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases where the samples have tested positive for H5N1 influenza virus...

 

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Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/bird-flu-hits-kottayam-once-again/article37956085.ece


Bird flu hits Kottayam once again
Staff Reporter
KOTTAYAM, December 14, 2021 23:29 IST
Updated: December 14, 2021 23:29 IST

In a major blow to duck farmers ahead of the festive season, authorities have confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in three panchayats of Kottayam district.

District Collector P.K. Jayasree said the presence of H5N1 virus, a subtype of influenza A virus, was confirmed at Kattamada (wards 4, 5) in Vechoor panchayat, Vendakari Kizhakkechira in Kallara (ward 1), and the Kallungathara Ikkarasala paddy polders in Aymanam (ward 3) in tests conducted at the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal. An emergency meeting convened by the Collector on Tuesday decided to kick-start culling of all domestic birds in a km radius of the locations where the virus has been detected...

 

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Immediate notification
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) , India'
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COUNTRY OR ZONE
ZONE

DISEASE
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (poultry)

STARTED ON
20-11-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N1

CONFIRMED ON
07-12-2021

REASON
Recurrence

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
16-12-2021

LAST OCCURRENCE
29-09-2020
...
Epidemiology

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
The event is observed in duck population.

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OUTBREAKS 1
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Outbreaks

ob_93847 - Madiyilakari, Thakazy, Champakulam

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
21-11-2021

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Village

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
-

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Madiyilakari, Thakazy, Champakulam

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Kerala

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Alappuzha

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Mankombu

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 9.349968

Long : 76.40387


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Birds NEW Animal 18877 11250 9750 9127 - -
TOTAL Animal 18877 11250 9750 9127 - -
- NEW Animal 18877 11250 9750 9127 - -
TOTAL Animal 18877 11250 9750 9127

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Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...-more-places-in-alappuzha/article38100963.ece


Bird flu in more places in Alappuzha
Staff Reporter
ALAPPUZHA, January 03, 2022 19:30 IST
Updated: January 03, 2022 19:30 IST

Bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in more places in Alappuzha. Officials of the Animal Husbandry Department said that more than 19,000 ducks within a one-km radius of the hotspots in Pallipad and Ambalappuzha North grama panchayats would be culled in the next two days.

The outbreak has so far been confirmed in seven grama panchayats in Alappuzha. Avian flu was first confirmed in ducks at Kunnumma South (ward 10) in Thakazhy grama panchayat on December 8. Later, it was reported from Nedumudi and Karuvatta on December 14, followed by cases in Purakkad and Cheruthana. Last week, more than 16,000 ducks within a one-km radius of a hotspot in Ambalappuzha North grama panchayat were culled...

 

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