Rajkot: A day after the Gir Somnath district authority confirmed the region’s first case of avian flu among poultry birds on Saturday, six rosy starlings were found dead in the Jilla Garden in Rajkot city on Sunday morning.
According to sources, morning walkers were shocked to find the carcasses of rosy starling in the garden and immediately called the police control room amid the bird flu scare. Police reached the spot along with a veterinary doctor and sent the carcasses to Bhopal for forensic testing.
Earlier, over a dozen poultry birds found dead in Dolasa village of Kodinar taluka a few days ago tested positive for avian influenza on Friday night. Soon after the report was issued, 220 poultry birds were culled in one day while restriction orders were issued in the entire district regarding consumption and sell of eggs and chickens.
The Gir Somnath district administration said that the entire area has been disinfected and a 10km radius area has been declared as the surveillance zone for next 60 days.
Junagadh district’s Manavadar taluka was the first place to have been affected by avian flu following the death of many birds including migratory birds.
Bird flu cases have so far been reported in five districts including Gir Somnath, Junagadh, Valsad, Surat and Vadodara.