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Bird flu: Meeting convened in Mysore
The Mysore district authorities have convened a meeting of poultry farmers, Health and Animal Husbandry department officials tomorrow to take stock of the situation arising out of bird flu cases being reported in neighbouring Maharashtra. Deputy Commissioner Selva Kumar called for the meeting to discuss the precautionary measures to be taken in the wake of the disease being confirmed in Maharashtra. Animal Husbandry department Deputy Director Dr D Devadas said the department officials were keeping a close watch on the situation for the last two months. They have conducted tests on 450 blood samples of birds visiting lakes in the city and 21 villages in the district. ''There are no symptoms of the disease. Reports from the high security animal disease laboratory of Bhopal has found no symptoms in the blood samples,'' he added. Stating that there were around 14 lakh chickens in the entire district, he said death of migratory birds too were being closely watched.
# Posted : Thursday, February 23, 2006
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