March 01, 2025 4:15 am
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses are known to cause severe disease and high mortality among infected poultry. An outbreak of HPAI H5N1 infection has been ongoing in the US since 2022.
January 06, 2025 8:34 am
The Maharashtra Forest Department has issued a red alert across all zoos and rescue centres in the state
May 24, 2024 10:05 am
A ban was imposed on the sale and import of poultry products of chicken, duck, quails and other birds in Kottayam district of the state.
May 22, 2024 11:59 am
The presence of H5N1, a type of avian influenza A virus, was confirmed in the samples sent to the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal
October 17, 2022 11:56 am
Most measures aimed at reducing the risk of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry in Australia have focused on reducing contact between wild birds and farmed birds
February 09, 2021 1:03 am
The exercise began on Sunday in which over 42,000 birds were culled after cases of avian influenza or bird flu were confirmed in the poultry farms in the region.
February 08, 2021 7:37 am
Eight samples from nearly 5,000 dead poultry birds from the four-layer poultry units in Navapur were sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases for avian influenza test. All the samples tested positive.
January 18, 2021 2:10 pm
According to the CDC, Avian flu viruses do not normally infect human beings. Such an infection is rare, and only sporadic cases have been reported since 2015
January 12, 2021 9:54 pm
On Tuesday, the death of 214 poultry birds was reported in the state. Of these, 200 deaths were reported from Yavatmal, 11 from Amravati and three from Akola. Four crows have also died in Akola, bringing the total toll to 218.
January 09, 2021 12:45 pm
This is the first reported outbreak of the avian flu in Gujarat since 2017 when the disease was confirmed in some parts of Ahmedabad.
October 27, 2022 8:50 pm
The presence of the infection was confirmed following a recent lab test of samples in the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.



