Bird flu: mass burial of dead birds begins in West Godavari
The Hindu
Bird flu: mass burial of dead birds begins in West Godavari. Wearing a PPE kit, District Collector Nagarani monitors the drive at a poultry unit at Velpuri village.
West Godavari District Collector Ch. Nagarani on Thursday monitored the mass burial of poultry layers (birds meant for laying eggs and not consumption) that succumbed to the avian influenza (H5N1) at a poultry unit at Velpuri village.
Wearing a PPE kit, Ms. Nagarani led the rapid response team tasked with the exercise to bury the carcasses of birds at the same poultry unit as per the standard protocol.
Accompanied by a team of veterinarians, Ms. Nagarani visited the G. Krishnanandam Poultry, where 20,000 birds perished in one month. Mass mortality was reported at all the five sheds of the poultry unit. Ms. Nagarani said that 22 rapid response teams were involved in the task.
District Animal Husbandry Officer K. Muralikrishna, District incharge Medical and Health Officer B. Bhanu Naik, and veterinarians were monitoring the drive.
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