Bird flu confirmed in ducks in Alappuzha
The Hindu
Between 8,000 and 10,000 ducks culled within 1-km radius of the hotspot
The Alappuzha district was put on alert on Thursday after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed at Kunnumma South (ward 10) in Thakazhy grama panchayat.
District Collector A. Alexander said the presence of H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus was reported in ducks.
Joseph Cherian, a duck farmer from Purakkad who was raising around 13,500 ducks close to the outer bund of a paddy field in Thakazhy, with an eye on the Christmas festive season, lost more than 10,000 birds in the past two weeks.
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