New Delhi: The government has confirmed bird flu in the Jalgaon area of Maharashtra. Four samples, which had come from that place, have tested positive for the virus.
Over the last one month, hundreds of thousands of chicken were slaughtered all over Maharasthra to prevent the outbreak of Bird flu.
Now, 75,000 more birds are going to be killed. The scare was first reported from Navapur.
Culling of 75,000 birds will start on Wednesday.
Earlier, preliminary study conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society at the wetlands in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra has not found avian influenza among migratory and wild birds and revealed that the outbreak of bird flu was restricted only to the poultry farms in Navapur taluka.
The study also found that there was no mortality among wild birds, especially in Navapur and Nandurbar Taluka.
The BNHS team monitored 10 wetlands in Nandurbar, two wetlands in Nasik and two wetlands in Aurangabad districts. The study was carried out from February 20 to 26.
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