New Delhi (NVI): Avian Influenza has been confirmed in domestic fowl and peacock in Udhampur (Dhantwal West) district in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The bird flu has also been confirmed in samples of crow in Poonch district of J&K.
Apart from that, Avian Influenza has been confirmed in crow samples in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh; Paschim Champaran district of Bihar, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying said in a statement today.
The Ministry said that till January 30, outbreaks of Avian Influenza (Bird flu) have been confirmed in 10 States/UTs of Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir for poultry birds.
The outbreak has been confirmed in 13 States/UTs of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Bihar for crow/migratory/wild birds, it said.
The Ministry further informed that Sanitization Certificate has been issued and Post Operation Surveillance Plan (POSP) is in place for all the epicentres of poultry outbreak in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
Control and Containment Operations (Cleaning and Disinfection) are going on in the affected epicentres of Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Surveillance work is continued at the places where positive results have been reported in species of birds excluding poultry, it said.
The Ministry said that compensation is paid to farmers whose poultry birds, eggs and poultry feed are culled/disposed of by the State as per the Action Plan. The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India provides funds to states/UTs on a 50:50 sharing basis under ASCAD component of its LH & DC Scheme.
It said that all the States are reporting to the Department on daily basis regarding the control measures adopted by the States/UTs based on the Revised Action Plan for Prevention, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza 2021.
The Animal Husbandry Department is maintaining its efforts to generate awareness about Avian through platforms including social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook handles.
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