Telangana registers first Birdflu case at Nalgonda poultry farm

Telangana has registered the first positive case of Birdflu at Neelapatla village in Choutuppal mandal in erstwhile Nalgonda district, top sources in Animal Husbandry department here on Saturday confirmed. The department restricted entry of people from one kilometer radius from the poultry and culling operation has already been initiated. The bio-safety measures were also started at the farm along with other poultries within one kilometer radius of the affected premises in the village



and its surroundings.

The doctors sent samples to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal. “We received a report from the institute confirming that the samples tested positive for Birdflu,” a source in the epidemiology wing in the Animal Husbandry department in Hyderabad, confirmed. He said efforts were on to know the reasons behind the outbreak of Birdflu in the district.