African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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NABARD credit seminar held in Gangtok
CORRESPONDENT GANGTOK, Feb 2
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Ten teams take charge of culling in Cooch Behar
OUR CORRESPONDENT Members of the culling team undergoing medical tests in Dinhata before they leave for the affected areas. Picture by Main Uddin Chisti Cooch Behar, Feb. 1: Culling of poultry began late this evening in the two Cooch Behar villages where bird flu has broken out.
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China logs 8th reported case of bird flu this year
BEIJING: A 21-year-old woman in central China has been infected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country's eighth reported case of the disease this year, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as Hong Kong reported that three birds found at local beaches had died of bird flu.
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Bird flu: samples from Sikkim test negative
Gangtok: The fear of spread of bird flu in different areas of Sikkim was allayed as the blood samples of chickens who had died recently at Maaling in North district tested negative in the Animal Disease Diagnostic laboratory in Bhopal, an animal husbandry department official said on Thursday.
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China reports fifth bird flu death this year
Beijing: An 18-year-old man died on Monday of bird flu in south-western China, the government said, bringing to five the number killed since the start of the year and adding to fears of a possible mass outbreak. The man, surnamed Liang, died in the city of Yulin in the Guangxi region after falling ill on January 19, the health ministry said in a news release posted on its website.
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Bird flu confirmed in Sikkim
CORRESPONDENT GANGTOK, Jan 22
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2 Indonesians die of bird flu, toll rises to 115
Jakarta: Two Indonesians have died of bird flu, apparently after contact with sick chickens, raising the country's death toll to 115, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
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Boy, 16, dies of bird flu in China
Beijing: A 16-year-old boy died of bird flu in central China on Tuesday, state media reported, the third death this year, as experts warned that surveillance gaps could mask the true extent of the disease in Chinese poultry.
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Bird flu spreads to Sikkim, 3rd state to be hit
Health Ministry Rushes Team Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The Union health ministry has rushed a three-member team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases to Sikkim after it became the third state in the country to report an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu this year. West Bengal and Assam are already reeling under an outbreak.
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Avian flu hits Sikkim, culling to start soon
Gangtok, Jan. 19: Confirming outbreak of bird flu in Sikkim