The Rapid Response Teams (RRT) will monitor poultry farms within a radius of one kilometer, and three teams have been formed to prevent spread of the avian influenza reported in Keranga in Khordha district.
Similarly, seven more RRTs have been formed to keep surveillance in the alert zone covering one to ten kilometer radius of the affected area.
Preliminary preparatory measures for control and containment of bird flu situation at Keranga, Khordha was taken up by the Department of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (FARD).
Secretary FARD Bishnupada Sethi took up the matter with the senior officials of the Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services in the presence of Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Pratap Chandra Dash.
A control room has been opened at the Directorate to monitor the situation and to pass on information to the respective quarters.
Ten Rapid Response Teams have been pressed into services to monitor the situation and carry out precautionary measures.
Officers engaged during the last outbreak of bird flu during 2011-12 were asked to participate in the operational work of avian influenza control and report before the Khordha CDVO on Monday.
Steps have been already taken to supply PPE Kit, N-95 Mask, Formalin and Sodium Hydroxide for personal protection, disinfection of the infected area from the Directorate and OBPI.
All logistics for the purpose will reach Khordha on Monday, said sources.
A meeting will be conducted by the Khordha Collector with FARD Department officers on Monday to finalise details for control of avian influenza and ban movement of poultry and poultry products both in and out of the infected zone.
Awareness among the public on avian influenza will be made carefully without creating any panic among the poultry owners and consumers, said official sources.
The Rapid Response Teams would lift samples from the poultry and have these tested regularly to check of any signs of the Flu.
The farmers were also asked to look out for any potential source of infection and spray disinfectants in the poultry sheds.