Karnataka’s poultry industry, which is losing Rs 50 lakh a day for over a month now after a bird flu scare took a toll on chicken and egg sales across the state, will need another six weeks to recover

Bird flu fear has brought down the sale of chicken by about 60 per cent in the city, affecting over 45 lakh people who are dependent on the industry.

Members of the Karnataka Poultry Traders’ Associa

Kerala has issued a red alert after the outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm near Bengaluru, but there is no such fear in the state here.

Animal husbandry officials say there is no need for worry

Thousands of infected chickens, ducks and emus have been culled at a state-run poultry farm on Bangalore’s outskirts to contain the deadly avian (bird) flu, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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Bengaluru is on bird flu alert after 3,481 turkeys housed in the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) campus in Hesaraghatta were reported to have died recently.

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The Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency on Monday in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry.

More than half the infected b

Anxiety was expressed by the global viral research fraternity about the recently developing “ferret”method of study to find a vaccine for avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The World Health

Bird flu or avian influenza is threatening Bihar's poultry industry and an SOS has been sent to the central government on tackling the deadly H5N1 virus as the state lacks the resources to do so, a Bi

It is official now. Crows are dying in Bihar because of bird flu. This was revealed in the report of the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), officials on Saturday said.

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Authorities on Saturday gave the all-clear signal and calmed the panic in Meghalaya after clinical tests on dead pigeons proved negative for bird flu, a veterinary official said on Saturday.

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