Bird flu found in two Valley poultry farms
KATHMANDU, JUL 04 -
Two days after a farm in Gothatar witnessed a bird flu outbreak, authorities concerned confirmed the contagion in two farms of the Valley on Wednesday.
According to Dr Bolraj Acharya, chief of the District Veterinary Office in Kathmandu, over 10,000 chickens have been slaughtered from the Great Himalayan Hatchery owned by Mahesh Maharjan in Chhauni-13, after tests at the Central Veterinary Laboratory confirmed the H5N1 virus in the farm on Wednesday.
Dr Acharya said they could not cull chickens at the other farm based in Syuchatar on Wednesday due to shortage of labourers. He said they could not find people to do some manual work
though a technical team was ready. He said they will start their work on Thursday at the site.
On Monday, 1,015 chickens, 415 eggs and 1250 kg of feed were destroyed after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm owned by Amit Kumar Rai at Gothatar-4 in Kathmandu.
The country witnessed its first avian flu outbreak in 2008 in Jhapa. Since then, major outbreaks have been reported in Pokhara, Nawalparasi, Banke and Dhading. The first case of the flu
inside the Valley was reported in November 2011 in an area near the Manohara river.
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