The Animal Health Directorate had confirmed infection of Bird Flu in the farm earlier. The eight-member team destroyed all the chickens of the farm. Acharya said that the team will also disinfect the farm, which will take two more days.[break] The authorities said infected chickens of PK Poultry Farm of Itahari will be killed on Tuesday only.
The disease spread to two separate farms in Itahari. All the chickens of a farm have died of the disease and the authorities will only cleanse the farm. The team will destroy those chickens of the farm which has not died.
The office says that a technical team will cleanse the farm and another separate team will be deployed to kill the chickens of Itahari´s farm. After disinfecting, the farm will be sealed for three months. Director of District Livestock Office Dr Mohi Narayan Chaudhary said a surveillance team will closely monitor the nearby farms for next seven days. Recently, around 6,500 chickens died in Pathibhara and PK Poultry Farms in Itahari.
Bhola Adhikari, an investor, said chickens started to die after one month since they started to give eggs. He said that 5,000 chickens were prepared for giving eggs, which cost Rs 4.5 million. But the government only provides Rs 130 per chicken as compensation.
Pthivara´s farmers claimed they have invested more than Rs 500 to prepare a chicken. The farmer of PK Poultry Farm claimed that he spent more than Rs 1,600 to prepare a chicken as they were Parents of Layers.
Chickens of these farms started to die nearly a month ago. The Central Animal Health Laboratory had sent its report to a UK laboratory for confirmation after it found positive results in the samples.
With the confirmation of disease from UK-based laboratory as well, the authorities have banned import and export of chickens in the district.
District Public Health Office (DPHO), Sunsari, has examined the people who lives nearby these poultry farms to detect infection, if any.
Meanwhile, a team of veterinarians who reached Ghurbise Panchami Bazar of Ilam to cull chickens could not kill all the chicken as locals hid their fowls due to lower compensation being paid by the government, reports Roshan Sanwa from Ilam.
The team sent by District Livestock Office found empty coops at some houses with locals transferring chickens to safer places after coming to know that a culling team is arriving. The team was told that all the chickens died when asked about the missing chickens. The government pays Rs 130 for every culled chick while a chicken costs around Rs 300 in the open market.
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