Pigeons die after bird flu culling
PTI | 06:02 PM,Feb 09,2012Shillong, Feb 9 (PTI) Eighteen days after culling of bird-flu affected poultry ended in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills, residents of a locality and government officials were in a tizzy after more than 100 pigeons died in the past one week here. State veterinary officials rushed to the spot today to pick up the dead birds for sampling and to aware the residents of the possible bird-flu virus afflicting the birds. "We have rushed veterinary doctors to Keatinge Road locality to initiate remedial measures and to take samples of the dead birds for testing," State Veterinary Director L Lyngwa told PTI. He said, "We are sending the samples to Assam-based Regional Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (RRDL) for a detailed testing tomorrow before we can take decision on what to do next. The officials have directed the families rearing those pigeons not to touch the dead birds with bare hands and to dispose them off properly. However, the same problem was also reported in the areas last year in which bird have died in the same manner. More than 6000 domesticated birds were culled in Williamnagar town last month to contain the spread of the H1n1 virus which broke the in the government-run farm. PTI JOP AMD
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