H1N1 outbreak in West Bengal

The outbreak was reported to the OIE May 28.

A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported in West Bengal according to an article in India's Business Standard.

On May 25, deaths of about 20 backyard poultry birds in the rural areas of Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal were contributed to H1N1. All samples tested by the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal, and the National Institute of Virology, Pune, tested positive for this virus.

The outbreak was reported to the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) on May 28. The animal husbandry department told OIE that curbs on the movement of poultry products, screening and culling of domestic poultry in a 3 km radius around the outbreak spots are in place.

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