With the starting of the Magh Mela subsequent week in Prayagraj, the administration is also taking measures to make sure that the migratory birds are not fed by the guests.
Bird flu precautions important! With Uttar Pradesh becoming a single of the nine states to have confirmed the spread of bird flu, the state’ animal husbandry division has sprung in action and taken numerous precautionary actions to manage the spread of the avian influenza in the state. In its most current advisory, the division has advised individuals in the state to refrain from going to zoos and bird sanctuaries and to keep away from any sort of get in touch with with the birds, the Indian Express reported. The division is also maintaining an eye on the migratory birds and poultry farms exactly where the probabilities of the spread of the virus are higher. Instructions have also been issued to district level officials that unnatural death of even a single bird really should not go unnoticed and samples be collected from the spot to confirm the presence of the virus.
Two red jungle-fowls have been located dead at the Kanpur Zoological Park on Saturday evening and the test of samples confirmed the presence of influenza. The administration quickly sealed the zoological park for a period of 15 days. The administration has also began the approach of culling of birds in the vicinity of the Kanpur Zoological Park. According to Kanpur Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) R P Mishra, the administration has began the culling approach inside an region of 1 kilometre from the park and has so far culled 15 jungle fowls, and 3 black chickens from the zoo. The administration also culled a total of 41 poultry birds outdoors the zoo.
Principal Secretary of the Animal Husbandry Department Bhuvnesh Kumar told the Indian Express that the administration was taking precautionary measures to manage the spread of the bird flu. Kumar added that so far the spread of the influenza has been pretty restricted in the state with only two birds testing positive to the illness. Maintaining that the administration’s main objective is to cease the spread of the illness from birds to humans at any price, Kumar stated that the administration in some circumstances also compensate the owners of the industrial birds in lieu of the culling of the birds. However, challenges for the administration are also large as it is pretty hard for the administration to manage the movement of the wild birds, Kumar stated. Similarly, backyard poultry in villages was also a single of the vulnerable spots as poultry birds come in direct get in touch with with humans and other wild birds, he added.
Among other measures, the division of Animal Husbandry has also instructed district officials to make sure that the poultry birds and eggs are not transported in an open automobile. The owners of poultry corporations have also been asked to shut their shops for at least a single day in a week to clean and sanitise the space. With the starting of the Magh Mela subsequent week in Prayagraj, the administration is also taking measures to make sure that the migratory birds are not fed by the guests.