RAUTAHAT: Scores of fowls are reported to have died in Rautahat in the past few days, raising fear that the deaths could be due to outbreak of bird flu in the district, after Chitwan and Rupandehi.
Local poultry farmers are worried after receiving reports about fowls dying in Chandranigahapur, Judibela and Dumariya.
“Over 50 fowls died in different farms on Tuesday,” said Ramkrishna Banjara, a poultry farmer of Chandranigahapur.
Rautahat Fowls Producers Association Chairperson Binod Pande, however, ruled out a bird flu outbreak and attributed the deaths to rising temperature. “The fowls might have died due to extreme heat,” he said. District Livestock Office, Rautahat, Chief Dinanath Yadav said specimens of the dead fowls have been collected and sent to the veterinary laboratory in Janakpur for test.
Meanwhile, police has detained Yugal Kishor Sah, a meat shop owner in Chandranigahapur, for selling meat of dead fowls. Police have initiated necessary action against him, but poultry farmers have sought Sah’s unconditional release. http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Fowls+die%26sbquo%3B+bird+flu+suspected+in+Rautahat&NewsID=375000
