The Karnataka government said that tests had confirmed that the 206 chicken and 17 ducks that died at the Central Poultry Development Organization at Hesaraghatta near Bangalore were affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus.
The outbreak has necessitated culling of over 33,000 birds — 19,235 chicken, 13,673 ducks and 369 emus — on the institute’s premises and its 1km radius. It said 52 chicken sheds in the area are being sanitized to prevent any spread of the flu.
Action has also been initiated to sanitize turkey, duck, emu and chicken units.A school on the CDPO premises has been closed for 15 days.
Last week, an action plan was activated in the CPDO farm and its vicinity after tests confirmed that 3,481 turkeys had died of avian flu in the institute. About 800 turkeys were later culled.
An alert was sounded across 68 villages within 10 km of Hesaraghatta.
About 1.5 lakh poultry birds are housed in the commercial and private farms in these villages.
The forest department has been alerted about the situation and directed to take up surveillance of stray, wild and migratory birds.
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