Ranchi: Non-vegetarians, especially chicken eaters, should be careful because bird flu (H5N1) or avian influenza virus infection has spread in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. This virus has spread in the Veterinary College of Birsa Agricultural University located in Kanke. Here more than 100 chickens and about 10 quails have died due to bird flu infection. Samples of dead chickens were immediately sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) located in Bhopal for examination.
Bird flu has once again spread in Ranchi. Bird flu has killed more than 100 chickens and 10 quails in a poultry farm at the Veterinary College of Birsa Agricultural University. Troubled by so many deaths, the administration sent samples of chickens to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal for testing. The test confirmed bird flu, i.e. avian influenza (H5N1).
Bird flu infection in the poultry farm of Agricultural University
Confirmation of bird flu infection in a poultry farm at Vanity College of Agricultural University has created panic. As a precaution, surveillance is being done at a distance of 10 kilometers from the infected area, infected birds and poultry have been destroyed and buried, medicine has been sprayed in the entire area, and illegal entry has been banned.
Bird flu had spread in Ranchi even in 2024
Bird flu has been confirmed by sending a letter to the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand from the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, New Delhi. Earlier, bird flu infection was confirmed in a poultry farm in Morhabadi, Ranchi in April 2024, so immediate measures were required.
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