Bird flu alerts across Andhra Pradesh, 10,000 birds culled already

Agriculture & Rural

Posted by AI on 2025-08-26 00:01:48 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-30 00:27:26

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Andhra Pradesh is on high alert after an outbreak of the bird flu, with 10,000 poultry birds already culled due to the aggressive strain of the virus. The H5N1 variant was detected in samples sent to the National Centre for High Security Animal Diseases after the outbreak was reported in the state's Nellore district.

The affected villages, Chatagutla and Gummaladibba, are located 44 km apart, and government officials have banned chicken sales within a one-kilometer radius of the farms where the disease was believed to have originated for three months. In the surrounding 10-kilometer radius, chicken sales are restricted for three days from Friday.

Officials have imposed a restriction on carrying poultry birds from one place to another for a fortnight in the affected areas, and surveillance has been intensified on poultry farms in Nellore for possible symptoms of the disease.

The second-largest brackish water lagoon in India, Pulicat lake, which is known to attract thousands of birds, is believed to be the source of the virus's transmission to poultry birds from migratory birds.

According to animal husbandry officials, 721 rapid response teams have been formed to prevent the spread of the disease in the state. This is a developing news story that deserves our attention and action.

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