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Bird flu outbreak in Maharashtra: 242 fatalities on Tuesday; government issues advisory

The Free Press Journal | 13/01/2021 09:28 AM | Click to read full article

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed that a total of 242 birds died during the day, of which 224 are poultry birds and the remaining are crows, pigeons, wild birds and parrots.

The government has directed the owners of poultry farms and the general public to immediately intimate mortality in crows, parrots, herons or in migratory birds in any village or of any unusual mortality of poultry birds in commercial farms as well as backyard poultry to the nearest veterinary dispensary.

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