Following the unusual death of poultry birds due to bird flu one kilometer area of Anjora poultry production unit of Chhattisgarh State Veterinary College and Government Poultry Development Farm Jagadalpur, poultry, poultry products, eggs and poultry feed etc have been dismantled scientifically and by cleaning and disinfection the infected area had been freed of bird flu virus.
Principal Secretary, Agriculture and livestock Department, Ajay Singh said that the government of India had issued guidelines in this regard on August 12. As per the operational surveillance plan issued by the Central Government, bringing of poultry birds from outside within one-kilometer area of the disease-infested place had been banned for one month, he added. He said that outside the disease-infested place up to 10-kms, continuous vigilance would be done on the business and backyard poultry units and on 15 days interval samples of the birds would be sent for testing in laboratories. During this period, if bird flu has not been confirmed by the laboratory on the samples sent to it, the central government would declare the area disease-free, he added.
Earlier, on August 9 and 10, 2013, the assistant commissioner of Union Veterinary, Dairy and Fisheries ministry had visited Durg and Jagadalpur respectively and found the action taken for the control and prevention of the disease satisfactory.