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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (17): India (OR) poultry, HPAI H5N1

Avian Influenza H5N1 -- IndiaAuthorities in an eastern Indian state will start culling chickens and destroying eggs from Tuesday [28 Jan 2020] to contain a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, a government statement said on Monday [27 Jan 2020].The samples collected from a poultry breeding and research farm of a veterinary college in Odisha state tested positive, the statement said.India has seen nearly half a dozen outbreaks of bird flu in poultry in the past 2 decades, all of which were brought under Read more [...]