Bird flu has again been found in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district,which will lead eventually to culling of 60,000 poultry. The localites were alarmed at the death of 80 poultry at Pubang in Takhdra of Darjeeling subdivision and 67 poultry at Matigara in Siliguri subdivision within a week which led to the suspection of possible bird flu outbreak in the state. And just days before, it was confirmed.
This is not the first time, cases of bird flu has arise. On December 15 last year, bird flu had hit Malda, and 30,000 poultry were culled. In January last year, over 200,000 poultry were culled in several West Bengal districts according to some sources.
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