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Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak
Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012,18:02
Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak
Agartala: Worried at the frequent outbreak of bird flu and its effect on the poultry industry, the Tripura government has decided to urge the central government to send special expert-teams to study the sporadic resurfacing of the contagious disease, an official said here Saturday.
"Sporadic outbreak of bird flu has been badly affecting the poultry industry in the northeastern states, bordering Bangladesh, where avian influenza is rampant in many districts," Animal resources development department director Manoranjan Sarkar told IANS.
He said: "In view of the intermittent outbreak of bird flu influenza, the state government would soon request the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries under the union agriculture ministry to send special expert-teams to study the reasons of occasional resurfacing of the contagious disease."
Bird flu influenza has resurfaced in the state-owned Gandhigram Poultry Farm in western Tripura after one-and-a-half months, forcing the authorities to cull thousands of poultry birds, ducks and poultry products in the farm and in the adjacent four villages in a three km radius...
Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak
Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012,18:02
Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak
Agartala: Worried at the frequent outbreak of bird flu and its effect on the poultry industry, the Tripura government has decided to urge the central government to send special expert-teams to study the sporadic resurfacing of the contagious disease, an official said here Saturday.
"Sporadic outbreak of bird flu has been badly affecting the poultry industry in the northeastern states, bordering Bangladesh, where avian influenza is rampant in many districts," Animal resources development department director Manoranjan Sarkar told IANS.
He said: "In view of the intermittent outbreak of bird flu influenza, the state government would soon request the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries under the union agriculture ministry to send special expert-teams to study the reasons of occasional resurfacing of the contagious disease."
Bird flu influenza has resurfaced in the state-owned Gandhigram Poultry Farm in western Tripura after one-and-a-half months, forcing the authorities to cull thousands of poultry birds, ducks and poultry products in the farm and in the adjacent four villages in a three km radius...