IN PICS | Bird Flu Outbreak Wreaks Havoc As Kerala, MP, Raj & Other States Begin Culling Of Birds

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The presence of the dreaded virus was confirmed in some ducks following which the State Minister for Forest, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development K. Raju had ordered culling of 50,000 ducks in both Kottayam and Alappuzha districts, to contain the spread of the infection. Officials also confirmed that as many as 12,000 ducks have died. (Image: PTI)

Farmers guide ducks towards a cage for their culling, following detection of Avian Influenza (H5N8) at four places, in Alappuzha district of Kerala. Bird flu occurs naturally in wild waterfowl and can spread to domestic poultry, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese.The disease is transmitted via contact with an infected bird's feces, or secretions from its nose, mouth or eye. (Image PTI)

Women carry dead ducks in a village in Alappuzha district of Kerala. Tests conducted at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal have confirmed the bird flu outbreak. State Animal Husbandry Minister K Raju said in Thiruvananthapuram that the government will compensate farmers whose domestic birds will be culled. (Image: PTI)

Experts collect samples for the detection of bird-flu, at Gharana wetland on the outskirts of Jammu. As neighbouring Himachal Pradesh reported cases of bird flu, Jammu and Kashmir has sounded an alert and started collecting samples to check the health of the winged guests flocking the Union territory during winters. (Image: PTI)

Animal Husbandry Department cull ducks en masse following detection of Avian Influenza (H5N8) at four places, in Alappuzha district of Kerala. An outbreak of bird flu has been reported from some parts of Kottayam and Alappuzha districts, prompting authorities to order culling of ducks, hens and other domestic birds in and around one km radius of the affected areas. (Image: PTI)

According to the Animal Husbandry department, 80 deaths were reported in Bikaner on Sunday, 42 in Sawai Madhopur, 12 in Kota, 12 in Baran, 8 each in Pali and Jaipur, six in Dausa, five in Jodhpur and two in Jhalawar. In recent days, a bird flu alert has been sounded in Rajasthan, where over 250 crows were found dead in half a dozen districts. Bird flu cases were also confirmed in dead crows in Indore in Madhya Pradesh. (Image: PTI)

Forest department official picks a sick crow from a roadside near Jal Mahal in Jaipur. After Rajasthan confirmed a bird flu outbreak in the desert state, 140 more crows have died in six districts of state. (Image: PTI)

Forest department officials picks a sick crow from a roadside near Jal Mahal in Jaipur. A bird flu alert has been sounded in Rajasthan after the presence of the dreaded virus was confirmed in dead crows and other birds. (Image: PTI)

Animal Husbandry Department worker culls ducks following detection of Avian Influenza (H5N8) at four places, in Alappuzha district of Kerala. (Image: PTI)