According to officials, the district administration in Jehanabad, Bihar, has determined that Avian Influenza (H5N1), also referred to as bird flu, was the cause of the deaths of many crows on February 18.
According to Jehanabad’s Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Brajesh Kumar, the test results from the RDDL Institute in Kolkata verified that the dead birds had the H5N1 virus. “We have issued alerts to residents, urging them to avoid contact with sick or dead birds. The sanitisation efforts have begun in poultry farms, and if more cases are detected, a culling process will be initiated to contain the spread,” Kumar told.
The Animal Husbandry Department has begun sampling poultry farms within a three-kilometer radius after the confirmation. To find out if domestic poultry has also been impacted, these samples will be transferred to Patna for additional analysis.
The district administration of Jehanabad has stepped up sanitization efforts to stop the spread of the disease after it was confirmed that dead crows had Avian Influenza (H5N1). In order to sanitize the environment and stop the virus’s transmission, sodium hypochlorite fogging is being done in the impacted locations.
The dead crows tested positive for bird flu, according to confirmation from the Secretary of the Department of Animal and Fisheries Resources. Police officers and local neighbors are concerned about the unexpected deaths of crows on the police line property. People in the area are now worried that the sickness can infect humans or poultry. The public has been cautioned by authorities that avian flu is a highly dangerous virus that can infect humans.
The government is stepping up surveillance in the area and keeping a careful eye on chicken farms. Officials have promised that every effort is being made to stop the virus from spreading further and safeguard public health. Residents and poultry producers are worried about the bird flu outbreak, and officials are keeping a careful eye on things to stop it from spreading.
