Cases of bird flu found among domestic birds in Udhampur

AAQIB BHAT

Srinagar Jan 31 (PTK):The cases,of Avian Flu commonly known as Bird Flu has been reported in Udhampur district among domestic birds.

Anil Arti Wildlife Warden said that samples of a some domestic birds taken in Udhampur area some fifteen days before have been tested positive for Avian influenza.

He, however, said that there is no need to worry as cases have not been reported in major scale as bird flu has confirmed in few domestic foul and one peacock in Udhampur besides in some wild Crows in Poonch.

It is pertinent to mention here that Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir have confirmed the outbreak of the avian influenza in poultry birds, where as Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Bihar have reported the bird flu in crows, migratory and wild birds. (PTK)