Bird flu scare in S Dinajpur

Bird flu scare in S Dinajpur
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Malda: Residents of South Dinajpur are fearing a bird flu outbreak following the death of hundreds of chickens in the Harirampore block in the past couple of days. About 400 chickens have died in Baromahar village under Bairhatta panchayat in two days. All the dead birds showed symptoms of bird flu. On Sunday, 16 chickens of a villager, Hussein Ali, died. While the reports of the blood samples sent to Bhopal are awaited, the district administration has started making the preliminary arrangements for culling. DM Ashoke Banerjee said: “The blood samples have been sent to the Bhopal laboratory from Belgachia. However, department of Animal Resource has asked us to make all the necessary arrangements for culling. On Monday, 20 more chickens died in Bairhatta.”