Immediately after detection of the bird flu virus, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) from the Directorate of Animal Health has started culling chickens from Sunday morning. There are around 33,000 parent chickens (KAB-500 breed) in the hatchery. [break]
“We need at least two days to destroy all the chickens,” said Chief of Kavrepalanchowk Veterinary Office Dr Samjhana Kafle.
Bird flu virus was previously detected on two other farms in the district. The farms were infected despite bio security measures. As an immediate precautionary measure, Sanga and Ugratara Janagal VDCs were declared as bird flu emergency zones.
According to Kafle, the rapid response team has culled a total of 10,000 chickens from various poultry farms and individual chicken farmers in the district. More than 2,000 farmers are involved in poultry farming in the district.
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