Tag: Bird Flu In Odisha

Kendrapara: Nearly a hundred pigeons have died in a far-flung village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, triggering panic in the wake of the bird flu scare gripping the state. A district veterinary official said today that avian species are dying almost daily along the seaside in Mahakalpada tehsil. Last week death of chickens has been reported […]

Puri: Odisha government today sounded ‘Bird Flu’ alert following detection of avian influenza virus in four villages under Krushnaprasad block of Puri district. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development department secretary, Vishal Gagan informed that a massive culling operation inside private poultry farms in the affected villages including Sana Sahi, Maluda and Patharganj will be undertaken […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) today confirmed bird flu strain in the samples which it had sent to Bhopal for laboratory tests. As per reports, some chickens were recently found dead inside the OUAT farm following which blood samples of the dead chickens were sent to Bhopal for testing. “We received the […]

Bhubaneswar: Take cognizance of the detection of bird flu, the authorities of Nandankanan Zoo on Monday decided to shut the ‘walk through aviary’ inside the zoological park as a precautionary measure. As per the decision, the walk through aviary will remain out of bounds for the visitors from tomorrow, until further orders. At present there […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the bird flu scare in several parts of the country, Odisha chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Wednesday informed that no case of bird flu has been detected in the State yet. After a review meeting on the possible bird flu scenario in the State, Mohapatra said around 11000 samples from different areas […]

Bhubaneswar:  Nothing seems to be going right for the poultry sector in Odisha. In the last 48 hours, the prices seems to have crashed. While the wholesale prices of the eggs in the State has dropped by around 15 per cent, the prices of poultry meat (chicken) is down by around 10 per cent during […]