Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300 till date. German food inspectors on the trail of the source of contamination have as yet made two errors—blaming …
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February--April 2006); Manipur (July 2007); West Bengal (January 2008) and Tripura (April 2008). Original Source
In the recent outbreak of avian bird flu (H5N1) in West Bengal during January-February 2008, the Government responded promptly by distributing equipment for culling operations and Tamiflu, which resulted in effective control of the outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) rightly issued a warning notice that the outbreak in West …
Tripura Animal Resource Development Department (ARDD) has sent the first consignment of blood and dead bird samples to Belgachhia testing laboratory in Kolkata today following sudden death of about 3,000 birds, including poultry fowl during the past week in the villages of Kamalpur bordering Bangladesh in North Tripura. ARDD Director …
Two more persons have died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 107, said the Health Ministry on Monday. One of the victims was a 15-year-old boy and the second was a 12-year-old girl, said Ministry official Lily Sulistyowati …
With the latest outbreak of bird flu in Jalpaiguri, a district of bordering Bangladesh, the Central government on Friday reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting here on Friday. Union Cabinet Secretary B.K. Chaturvedi convened a meeting with West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb here to discuss the situation …
Ducks, rice and human beings, and not chickens are the "most significant factors' behind persistent outbreaks of bird flu, a new study has claimed. The study released by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) found ducks, rice and people not chickens to be the "most significant factors' in the …
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus that emerged in southern China in the mid-1990s has in recent years evolved into the first HPAI panzootic. A central question is to understand the factors favoring the continuing reoccurrence of the virus. The abundance of domestic ducks, in particular free-grazing ducks …
The highly pathogenic avian influenza could reach new areas in the state after the state animal husbandry department officials received reports that poultry owners of the notified areas in Malda have transported their poultry products by taking advantage of slow culling operations during Holi. Officials said though nearly 45,000 chickens …
The death of 800 chickens over the past five days in a State poultry farm in West Bengal's Malda district has led to fears of a fresh outbreak of bird flu in the region. Reports on the samples sent for testing in the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal …
Experts at a seminar yesterday said bird flu is a national crisis but we can tackle it by taking preventive measures. They said cooked chicken and boiled eggs are safe to eat. Prof Khwaja Nazimuddin, secretary general of APB, presided over the seminar organised by Association of Physicians of Bangladesh …
A pigeon lover in Dinhata lost 30 birds from his collection of over 200 in the past two days, sending officials of the animal resources development (ARD) department scurrying to his residence at Kharija-Baniadaha to collect samples. "We have culled the rest of the pigeons and burnt the boxes in …
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today initiated a survey in the various markets and poultry shops of the city to determine whether there are any cases of avian influenza. A total of 13 markets were surveyed today by the city civic body. This drive by the civic officials comes after …
Top scientists commissioned by Hong Kong's health authorities to probe a recent influenza outbreak here have not found an especially virulent form of virus from children who died after coming down with flu, the head of the expert team said Thursday. Yuen Kwok-yung told reporters the common flu virus was …
The Hong Kong government on Thursday closed all elementary schools and preschools in the territory a week early for Easter holidays after three children died amid an influenza outbreak, but insisted there was no sign that SARS or bird flu were involved. The abrupt closing of the schools, announced late …
Poultry traders in the port city receive a ray of hope again with the increased sale of eggs and chickens since early this week after the business facing a severe crisis during the last two months due to avian influenza in the region. But most of the small traders who …
The resurgence of the dreaded bird flu in West Bengal, barely a month after the state government claimed to have controlled it, is not at all a surprise, considering the ham-handed manner in which the culling and other disease-containment measures were handled when it first struck in January. The fear …
The National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC), an apex body of the poultry industry in the country, on Tuesday expressed deep anguish over recent reports of fresh incidents of bird-flu in some backyard farms in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. When bird-flu occurred earlier this year in Jan, the state government …
JAMALPUR district livestock officials culled 3,302 poultry birds and destroyed 1,955 pieces of egg in two poultry farms in the Jamalpur district headquarters on Sunday night, after detection of bird flu. According to the district livestock officials, the bird flu was detected in Sultan poultry farm at village Helencha and …
