This year, cases of bird flu were first reported on 17 April in ducks in a few wards of Edathua and Cheruthana grama panchayats.
Bird Flu (Representational image/Creative Common)
Hit by avian influenza, authorities in Alappuzha district have culled over 53,000 domestic birds so far this year, officials said in Alappuzha on Tuesday, 7 May.
This year, cases of bird flu were first reported on 17 April in ducks in a few wards of Edathua and Cheruthana grama panchayats.
Officials said fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Ward 9 of the Ambalapuzha North Grama Panchayat.
They said 6,777 domestic birds within a one-kilometre radius of this ward will be subjected to culling on Thursday, 9 May.
“So far this year, 53,455 domestic birds have been culled in the district. The figure is as follows: Cheruthana – 11,939, Edathua – 31,811, Ambalapuzha North – 540, and Thakazhi – 9,165,” an official release said.
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