Bird flu scare: Two more birds found dead in Jamnagar village

Ahmedabad | Wednesday | 11th January, 2017

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Officers said the two dead birds were found during their surveillance exercise.”Our teams have been carrying out surveillance in the area since Monday when 41 birds were found dead in village pond of Keshiya. Officers of veterinary department in Jamnagar district found two pot-billed duck dead in the local pond of Keshiya village in Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar on Wednesday afternoon. (Source: Google Maps) Officers of veterinary department in Jamnagar district found two pot-billed duck dead in the local pond of Keshiya village in Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities in Jamnagar are, therefore, not taking any chances and treating the Keshiya incident as a suspected case of bird flu. Meanwhile, the deputy director said that samples of seven of the 41 dead birds on Monday has been delivered to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh..