Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak in a village in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana and the slaughter process an estimated 1.45 lakh birds has started. “There is a confirmed outbreak of avian influenza … avian influenza in the village Thorrur of Hayathnagar Mandal in Ranga Reddy district,” said Department of Animal Science Director D Venkateswarlu.
He said five of the samples sent about ten high security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal confirmed based infection. Authorities Ranga Reddy District, Mehboobnagar and Hyderabad (Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits Gran) held emergency meetings on Tuesday and according to standard operating procedures established by the Centre, one km area around the affected farm was declared a “zone infected “and up to ten kms as” surveillance zone “Venkateswarlu said.
“In fact, we have begun the removal of affected birds and healthy in the infected area. According to preliminary information, there are five farms (in the radius of a km) and the number of poultry is 1.45 lakh,” said .
All the slaughter process should be completed within 72 hours, Venkateswarlu said, adding that more than 65 teams, each headed by a veterinarian are in the field of the exercise. The movement of poultry in the surveillance zone is prohibited. “No bird and egg come out of this,” he said.
Trying to allay fears, said the virus is “very fragile” and dies when the chicken is cooked at 70 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes, adding that rapid response teams have been formed to check people contact with infected birds.
Around 60,000 chickens have been culled in Telangana so far after the detection of first case of H1N5 (bird flu) in the state.
Stating this, officials from the state Department of Livestock told Business Standard about 150,000 poultry had been identified by the sacrifice in the next two or three days in Rangareddy district.
“Culling is performed on all five farms within a radius area as an Area of ​​infection km.’ve Also put a radius of 10 km around the infected area under surveillance,” said D Venkateswarlu, director of Livestock.
He said the department had formed 65 teams to slaughter operations, with each team comprising four to five workers, headed by a senior veterinarian.
Shortly after the detection of a case of bird flu in the village Thorrur near here, the official machinery by the State and the Centre launched in understanding soil status. A central rapid response team comprising specialists of avian flu came here today to oversee the operations of sacrifice.
Officials said the outbreak came to light after the sudden death of Srinivasa Reddy chicken poultry farm in the village Thorrur last week, prompting them to send samples to a testing laboratory in Bhopal.

A day after sounding an alert, the workers of animal husbandry department culled thousands of birds at a poultry farm at Thorrur village of Hayatnagar mandal in Ranga Reddy district.

The department has announced that 1.45 lakh hens will be culled over next two to three days in a one-km radius around the farm. The culling will be carried out in all five farms within the one-km radius, declared as infection zone.

The officials will also mount close surveillance within a 10-km radius beyond the infection zone.

According to D. Venkateswarlu, director of the animal husbandry department, 65 teams have been formed for culling operations. Each team will comprise four to five workers and will be headed by a veterinarian.

The authorities on Tuesday culled 35,000 chickens and also gave Tamiflu doses to the staff at Srinivas Reddy Poultry Farm’s unit III.

An alert was sounded after 11 samples sent by the farm were tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza, popularly known as bird flu. Eleven samples were sent to Higher Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal and all of them tested “positive”, officials said.;

Y. Thirupathaiah, additional director, animal husbandry department, said surrounding districts and states have been alerted. He said they were acquiring adequate gear, including protective clothing for the workers, to carry out the massive culling operation, which was not undertaken on such a scale in the past.