BHADGAON, March 7: Bird flu has been detected in Bhaktapur district. Three poultry farms at Suryabinayak Municipality-10 in the district recorded the bird flu.

TANAHUN, April 11: Poultry entrepreneurs of Tanahun district are facing a crisis due to the lockdown enforced by the government to minimize the spread of COVID-19. According to poultry farmers, lack of grains for the poultry sector has affected production and the lockdown has affected sales of poultry products. Most of the farmers in the district have sold their chickens bearing huge losses.

BANEPA, Jan 5: The import of broiler parent stocks from foreign countries has not stopped despite the establishment of two grand-parent (GP) farms in the country meant for local production of parent stock. As a result, the outflow of millions of rupees each year has not stopped.

POKHARA, Sept 15: The Directorate of Livestock and Fisheries Development under the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Gandaki Province has urged poultry farmers to minimize the use of antibiotics in their poultry farms.