Awareness meet on bird flu held

With the fear of bird flu outbreak gripping the district, poultry rearers should take necessary measures, warned Dr Nataraju, Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry department.

Addressing a meeting on awareness about avian influenza or bird flu among poultry rearers, at Mini Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, he said, "Bird flu spreads through migratory birds. The local poultry are susceptible to other diseases like Kokkare roga, Gumbaru, Cholera, ILD, EDS and others."

Nataraju pointed out that thousands of fowls (nati koli) have died due to suspected bird flu at Karaswadi village in the district. As the possibility of the disease spreading through the air is more, poultry farmers should be extra cautious. Transportation of the fowls for sale should be stopped till the disease subsides, he said.

Tahsildar Hanumantharayappa and TP EO Mahadevaswamy were present.