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Jharkhand: After Bokaro, bird flu outbreak in Ranchi
Updated On: 04 March, 2023 09:48 AM IST | Ranchi | PTI
H5N1, a type of avian influenza virus, was confirmed among poultry in Ranchi, an official said.
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A bird flu outbreak has been reported in Jharkhand`s capital Ranchi barely a week after the disease in Bokaro district led to the culling of 4,000 chickens and ducks. H5N1, a type of avian influenza virus, was confirmed among poultry in Ranchi, an official said. "The Centre in a letter to Chief Secretary, Jharkhand, Sukhdev Singh on March 3 has confirmed the outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) in poultry at Ranchi, directing the state for its control and containment," he said.
The letter from the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying read, "The samples from the said epicentre (Jail More, Ranchi Municipal Corporation) were sent...to the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) Bhopal which confirmed on March 30, 2023 that samples are found positive for H5N1 avian influenza."
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