Over four lakh poultry birds have died at 20 farms in Haryana’s Panchkula district in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday.
A team of experts from Jalandhar-based Regional Disease Diagnosis Laboratory has collected samples of birds at poultry farms, they said.
Haryana’s Animal Husbandry Department has issued an advisory regarding poultry products.
Panchkula’s Barwala-Raipur Rani area is one of the largest poultry belts in the country with 70-80 lakh birds in more than 100 farms.
According to the officials, the mortality rate in poultry birds was unusually high in this winter season.
The unusual deaths of four lakh poultry birds have occurred in the last 10 days at 20 poultry farms with epicentre near Garhi Kutaha and the other near Jaloli village in Barwala area.