Maharashtra: Bird flu confirmed after 900 hens die in Parbhani poultry farm

1. Maharashtra: Bird flu confirmed after 900 hens die in Parbhani poultry farm Bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens in the last Bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens in the last few days at a poultry farm in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, a senior official said few days at a poultry farm in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, a senior official said on Monday on Monday Bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens in the last few days at a poultry farm in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, a senior official said on Monday. The district administration has now decided to cull nearly 8,000 birds in Murumba village where these hens died, Collector Deepak Muglikar told PTI. Earlier, Muglikar on Saturday said around 900 hens had died at a poultry farm, run by a Self-Help Group (SHG), in the village and their samples were sent for testing. "The cause of the death has been confirmed as bird flu. Hence, we have decided to cull all the birds in one-km radius of the place where these deaths took place," the collector said. Read More