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Two weeks after the first reports of unusual bird deaths started coming in from Assam, authorities continue to report new outbreaks.
Today a senior veterinary officials confirmed that new outbreaks of the H5N1 virus had been detected in government farms in Guwahati, and in Dibrugarh and Kamrup districts as well.
It should be noted that Dibrugarh district is some distance to the north, and east of Guwahati.
This report from Reuters.
Bird flu spreads to new areas in India's Assam
10 Dec 2008 15:42:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
GUWAHATI, India, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected in northeastern India on Wednesday and authorities prepared to start culling thousands of chickens, a senior official said.
"Bird flu has spread to new areas. We have received confirmation that the H5N1 stain has infected chickens in government farms in Guwahati and parts of Dibrugarh and Kamrup districts," Ashim Kumar Kakoty, a senior veterinary official in the affected state of Assam, told Reuters.
More than 100, 000 chickens and ducks have been slaughtered in the past two weeks in more than four districts of the oil- and tea- rich state, after one village close to Guwahati -- the region's biggest city -- was hit by bird flu in late November.
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