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Health Agri-Biz & Commodities - Poultry India is now bird flu-free Our Bureau
New Delhi , Aug. 12 India is an avian influenza free country, according to the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. It sent a report on Saturday to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), World Organisation of Animal Health. Having tested nearly 67,000 samples from the outbreak areas in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat by the High Security Disease Laboratory at Bhopal, no evidence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected. After detecting the first outbreak on February 18 this year in districts such as Navapur, Ucchal and Jalgaon, the Government initiated containment measures, which included culling, restricting the movement of poultry products and disinfections. Subsequent to the last outbreak, reported on April 18, the Government completed its final culling operation and disinfection process by May 7. Considering the global spread and the situation in neighbouring countries, surveillance would be continued, especially in areas with major poultry concentration and visited by migratory birds, said the press release.
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