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Bird flue fatalities among ave reach 3,000 in HP

Shimla, Jan 6 (UNI) The bird flu toll of migratory aquatic birds at Pong Dam wildlife sanctuary reached 3,000 on Wednesday.
The new victims of this outbreak is the common crow as the carcass of these birds were recovered from Pong dam sanctuary areas. These birds, often being seen hunting the fishes in the dam shores, as per reports are likely the victim of the outbreak.The samples of the dead crows were sent to the testing in virology labs.
Earlier common crow were also infected in large numbers and died in the state of Rajasthan, one of the epicentre of the outbreak.
No culling of poultry birds and chicken was done in the district Kangra, since no birds tested positive for the H5N1. So far a high alert has been sounded in the district.
The state animal husbandry officials said on Wednesday that around 120 samples of domestic poultry birds from around the Pong wetland in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh have been collected and sent to be tested for avian influenza or bird flu.
Over 3,000 migratory water birds have been found dead in and around the lake so far since December 28, apparently due to an outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza among the birds.
Officials said that no unusual death among the poultry has occurred here so far, but if the samples test positive, all poultry birds in backyard farms within one kilometre of the lake's periphery will have to be culled, and commercial farms in the area disinfected.
Kangra additional district magistrate Rohit Rathour Wednesday directed officials to identify at least one site in each sub-division of the district for the safe disposal or burial of dead birds.
The district chief medical officer had earlier been asked to ensure stockpiling of necessary preventive medicines, PPE kits and keep vigil on the human transmission of the suspected bird flu and also keep ready the details of the testing labs for the disease.
Wildlife staff deployed in other wetlands of the state, including the Renuka wetland in Sirmaur and Rewalsar lake in Mandi, have been put on high alert, and officials in all parts of the state asked to maintain a record of mortality or sickness of birds in their jurisdiction.
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