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(Representational Image)Officials of the state Animal Husbandry Department have been put on alert along districts near the Karnataka border after an outbreak of H5 avian influenza was reported at Dasarahalli village in Bengaluru Urban district. The state government will hold meetings with animal husbandry department officers in Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli, among other districts, added Chavan. (Representational Image) At the state headquarters of the department in Pune on Friday, officials were busy trying to secure more information from districts located along the Karnataka border. At the state headquarters of the department in Pune on Friday, officials were busy trying to secure more information from districts located along the Karnataka border. Maharashtra Animal Husbandry Commissioner Kantilal Umap, however, assured that the situation was being monitored and “there was no need for alarm”..