At Koorachundu in Kerala's Kozhikode district bird flu has been reported, revealed official sources. Around 300 poultry birds at the farm was reported to have died.
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Bird flu (avian influenza/avian flu) is a disease caused by an influenza virus (H5N1) that primarily affects birds but can infect humans also.
Bird flu (avian influenza/avian flu) is a disease caused by an influenza virus (H5N1) that primarily affects birds but can infect humans also.
‘Bird flu has been suspected in Kerala.’
Following this, local authorities decided to send the samples for further testing and when the reports arrived from a laboratory, it was found out that the cause was bird flu. It was decided to immediately close down all poultry farms in a 10 sq km radius of the said locality, from which bird flu was reported.
Meanwhile the authorities are now waiting for the test results from the NIHSAD, Bhopal.
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