The strategy of destroying infected chickens has helped control bird flu, and arrangements have been made to deposit compensation directly into farmers' bank accounts.
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The District Animal Services Office has said that the bird flu that has been spreading rapidly in the district since the first week of Asad has been brought under control.
The strategy of immediately destroying infected chickens in confirmed places to control bird flu infection has played an effective role in preventing the spread of the infection, said Dr. Sushila Shrestha, Information Officer of the Animal Services Office.
According to her, the 'stamping out' (destruction) campaign has been launched without delay in the farms where bird flu infection has been confirmed, which has helped in controlling the infection in a limited area so far.
The most effective way to control bird flu is to destroy chickens and birds at risk from the affected farms as soon as the infection is confirmed. 'Wherever the infection is confirmed, we have been destroying them on the same day and night,' she said. 'This is the most effective way to prevent the spread of the infection.'
According to her, along with infection control, the office is also distributing biosecurity related materials in the affected areas, coordinating with the local level, and conducting public awareness programs targeting farmers and the general public.
She said that a campaign has also been launched to increase consumer confidence after the consumption of chicken meat and eggs in the market decreased due to the bird flu scare. She informed that in a recent coordination program with the heads and representatives of the livestock departments of all local levels of the district, the participants were given the message that properly cooked chicken meat and eggs can be safely consumed by eating boiled eggs in public.
'A message based on scientific facts is necessary to return the poultry industry affected by bird flu to normal,' said Dr. Shrestha said, "In the coming days, we are preparing to conduct more public awareness programs targeting the general public on the topic of consuming safely cooked chicken and eggs."
According to her, the World Health Organization and international animal health agencies have also been urging people not to panic unnecessarily due to bird flu, stating that chicken and eggs cooked properly at the appropriate temperature are safe to consume, so they can be consumed with confidence by following health standards.
According to the office, 90,275 birds, 38,183 eggs, 10,210 kg of feed and 5,275 crates from 30 farmers and poultry farms in Kavre have been destroyed under the bird flu control campaign so far. The office said that it is implementing surveillance, sample testing and biosecurity standards more strictly in areas where the infection has been detected.
The Animal Services Department is going to provide compensation for the chickens destroyed by stamping out during the bird flu control in Kavre to the bank account of the concerned farmers. The details of the affected farmers were collected from the district level and recommended to the department, said District Animal Services Office Chief Dr. Bajrakishor Thakur.
According to him, after the chickens are destroyed in the infected farm, the details with the compensation recommendation are sent to the office from the concerned local level. Then, a team comprising representatives of the union, state and local levels prepares a compensation statement (CD) by confirming the number of chickens destroyed on site in the presence of the farmers. The prepared statement is sent to the Animal Services Department through the district office. He informed that the Central Rate Determination Committee under the department has a system to determine the final rate of compensation based on the details received from the affected districts across the country.
He said that although there is a rate recommendation committee chaired by the Chief District Officer in the district, the final rate will be decided by the central committee. According to him, the committee determines the compensation amount per chicken based on the breed, age and production status of the chicken. Since the compensation amount is not distributed from the district or local level, the Animal Services Department has a system to deposit it directly into the bank accounts of the farmers concerned.
He informed that the Animal Services Office has already sent the compensation recommendation for the farms that were 'stamped out' to the department by Asad 25. After that, the details of the destroyed chickens will be sent in the second phase, so those farmers will receive the compensation later, he said. The Animal Services Department, on the other hand, has stated that the compensation amount has been provided to the farmers based on the documents that reached the department by Asad 22.
