Kerala Govt To Cull Birds After Samples Turn Positive For Bird Flu

After identifying the bird-flu virus in samples, the Kerala Animal Husbandry Department has conducted mass culling of birds in the Kuttanad region. The samples were confirmed with the H5N8 virus by the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases. Reportedly, over 25,000 ducks have died in Kottayam district in the past week. Creating control rooms, the Animal Husbandry minister has directed for killing all poultry avians within a one-kilometre radius of the affected area.