Karnataka: 40 peacocks die of bird flu in Tumkur, containment zone set up
About 40 peacocks have died due to the H5N1 virus in Karnataka's Tumkur district, Deputy Commissioner Subha Kalyan said.
About 40 peacocks have died due to the H5N1 virus in Karnataka's Tumkur district, Deputy Commissioner Subha Kalyan said.
The sudden death of a huge flock of crows last month in Adyar, Pallikaranai, Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur, ECR and the IT Corridor - Old Mamallapuram Road (OMR), has rattled the residents.
The state health department headed by the chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee has directed chief medical officers of health (CMOH) in districts and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to keep watch on patients showing symptoms avian influenza as well bird flu.
The state animal resource development (ARD) department is yet to send samples of dead poultry birds to laboratories for confirmation…
