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Manav ManderTribune News ServiceLudhiana January 15Samples of all three birds which were found dead in the city on Sunday have come negative for avian flu. Dr Paramdeep Singh Assistant Deputy Director Animal Husbandry Department said samples of all three dead birds — two crows and one partridge — have tested negative. “We are regularly collecting samples of birds from the district and on an average nearly 50 samples are collected every day” he said. Healthy birds become sick when they come in contact with the infected/reservoir birds or their secretions or contaminated feed water or equipment. Handling dead birds.