India outbreak -The Avian influenza story so far
- Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012, 16:11 IST
- Centre on October 25 confirmed the outbreak of bird flu among turkeys at turkey unit of CPDOTI
- Announced death of 3,481 turkeys and culling of 784 other turkeys to check disease spread
- 86 chicken and 17 ducks died on October 27, suspectedly due to avian influenza
- Another 120 chicken died on Sunday, forcing officials to send samples to HSADL, Bhopal, for tests to check for avian influenza
- Results of samples come back positive' for avian influenza among chickens, ducks and emus at CPDOTI.
- Animal husbandry department decides to cull 19,235 chicken, 13,673 ducks and 369 emus affected by the flu
- A total of 31 rapid response teams in place for culling and disposal of dead birds to check disease spread
- Depart extends sanitised zone up to 1-km radius around CPDOTI where all birds are to be culled
- 175 samples from birds in the 10-km zone with ban on chicken sale imposed, have been collected for tests for flu
- Residents within 1-km zone have been provided Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) tablets to be taken one every day for a week
- Bangalore Urban DC extends ban on marketing and movement of poultry/poultry products up to November 15
- Despite the increasing number of birds affected by the flu, no human cases of avian influenza have so far been reported
