The Department of Animal Services has increased surveillance by conducting regular sample tests through various laboratories.
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The Department of Animal Services has mobilized a technical team to prevent the spread of bird flu infection in the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas. The department has increased surveillance by conducting regular sample tests through various laboratories.
As the risk of infection is high in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kavrepalanchok, the department's Director General Dr. Umesh Dahal said that disease control work has been given high priority. According to him, the infection that started 3 months ago has spread to 11 different districts.
After bird flu infection was confirmed in about 100 poultry farms, birds, eggs and feed have been destroyed in those farms. The department, which has urged people not to keep new chicks for about one and a half months, has called for high alert. Infection has been confirmed in farms in Chandragiri, Kirtipur, Tokha, Tarakeshwor, Godavari, Changunarayan, Suryabinayak and other areas of the Kathmandu Valley.
It is said that since there is no treatment and effective vaccine for bird flu, the virus is highly contagious and the best option is to destroy birds, including chickens. Stating that there is a possibility that the infection can also be transmitted to humans, Director General of the Department Dahal urged poultry traders and consumers to take additional precautions to control the infection quickly.
A Bird Flu Coordination Committee has been formed at the center under the coordination of the Director General of the Department and a Bird Flu Coordination Committee has been formed in the district under the leadership of the Chief District Officer. Mukul Upadhyay, Information Officer of the Department, informed that there is a provision to compensate farmers up to 75 percent of the cost price based on the evidence of destroyed chickens, eggs and feed from the district based on the rate determined by the committee.
