8,760 more birds culled, 4,110 eggs destroyed in Kila Raipur

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 11

The Animal Husbandry Department today culled 8,760 additional birds at a poultry farm in Kila Raipur.

The administration had ordered the culling of birds after samples taken from Suba Singh poultry farm tested positive for bird flu.

Dr Paramdeep Singh Walia, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Ludhiana, said besides culling of birds, 4,110 eggs were destroyed. A rapid response team of the department had earlier culled 31,600 poultry birds at the poultry farm.

In all, 75,000 birds were present at the farm. The National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, had confirmed the presence of avian influenza (H5N8 virus) in the samples taken from the poultry farm. The area within 1 km radius of the poultry farm was declared an infected zone, while the 10 km area around it was designated as a surveillance zone.