Avian Influenza H5N1 -- India
An alert has been sounded across Karnataka, after the outbreak of bird flu [avian influenza] in a privately-owned poultry farm at Melkera village of Humnabad taluk [sub-district] in Bidar district.
A total of 1.5 lakh [150 000] heads of chicken of the private farm will now be culled to prevent the outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1 virus) to rest of the farms and areas.
Poultry farm owners have been instructed to take precautionary measures to prevent infection of chicken with H5N1 virus.
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1rLR4QN
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