Flu alert: Over a hundred crows die due to avian influenza in Rajasthan's Jhalawar

Over a hundred crows were found dead in the Jhalawar and Jodhpur districts after which the administration swung into action and sent the sample to the National High-Security Animal Disease Laboratory (NHSADL) in Bhopal for testing. The NHSADL in its report has confirmed the deaths of crows due to 'Avian Influenza'.

Jhalawar (Rajasthan): Amidst the scare prevailing over the outbreak of coronavirus and bird flu in Rajasthan, over a hundred crows were found dead in the district on Tuesday, following which the administration has imposed a curfew within the radius of 1 km.

According to the reports, over a hundred crows have been found dead in the Jhalawar and Jodhpur districts after which the administration swung into action and sent the sample to the National High-Security Animal Disease Laboratory (NHSADL) in Bhopal for testing.

The NHSADL in its report has confirmed the deaths of crows due to 'Avian Influenza'.

According to Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian (bird) influenza (flu) Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Avian flu viruses do not normally infect humans. However, sporadic human infections with avian flu viruses have occurred.

When ETV Bharat asked the District Collector Ngikya Gohain, he said that the administration had received information about the unforeseen deaths of hundreds of crow in the 'Radi ke Balaji temple' in Jhalawar town on December 25, after which a joint team of wildlife department and animal husbandry department were sent to the spot.

"The tests results have shown the sudden deaths of crows due to Avian influenza after which a curfew was imposed in the area of 1 km", added Ngikya.

Further, he said that the area has been regularly sanitised in order to avoid further escalation of the flu.