Bird flu alert along Indo-Bangla border

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Bird flu alert along Indo-Bangla border

 

* SHILLONG, Jan 2 – With yet another outbreak of avian flu in Bangladesh,

Meghalaya has sounded an alert in all districts, especially Jaintia Hills,

which share borders with the neighbouring country.

 

" All border points have been alerted and reports are being obtained ... The

district veterinary officer has been instructed to take necessary action, "

Jaintia Hills deputy commissioner FR Kharkongor said. The State Government

had set up 21 temporary check gates last year along the international border

and also constituted a rapid response team to keep a check on cross-border

movement of poultry and poultry products.

 

Task forces, recently constituted in all the districts to monitor the

situation, have been asked to remain vigilant as import of chicken and

poultry products from the neighbouring country continues to remain banned.

Officials here said the BSF is also closely monitoring the border areas.

About 20,000 chickens were culled over the past five days after an outbreak

of bird flu at a government-run poultry farm near the Bangladesh capital

Dhaka.

 

Avian flu virus was first detected in Bangladesh in February 20 last year

also in a State-run farm and more than 30,000 chicken were slaughtered.

Since then, authorities have culled more than 300,000 chicken at about 90

farms across the country to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. – PTI

 

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