Madhya Pradesh

MP: Bird flu infection found in Kadaknath chickens in Jhabua

11:09 pm January 12, 2021

Bhopal: Bird flu infection has been found in chickens of Kadaknath breed at a poultry farm in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, a veterinary department official said on Tuesday. The farm is located at Rudi Panda village under Thandla Tehsil, he said. ”The National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) Bhopal has confirmed the presence of […]

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Bird deaths reported in J’khand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

8:23 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations. In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an […]

MP: Sunday 'corona' curfew to be lifted as pandemic under control now, says CM

MP vet goes 350 km on bike with crow samples, CM hails effort

8:31 pm January 11, 2021

Niwari: Veterinarian who rode pillion on his son’s motorcycle for over 350 kilometres from Niwai to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh with crow samples for bird flu testing has come in for praise from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. RP Tiwari, assistant veterinary officer of Prithvipur Area, said he was asked on Saturday evening to take […]

MP: Three siblings drown in pond in Chhatarpur

11:17 pm January 10, 2021

Chhatarpur (MP): Three siblings in the two to six years age group drowned in a village pond in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district on Sunday, police said. The incident happened in Urdmau, some 30 kilometres from the district headquarters, when the children, including two girls, were playing near the pond and slipped inside, said Garhi Malehra […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; test results of Delhi, Maharashtra samples awaited

9:05 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird […]