Statesman News Service
MALDA, Jan 17: The district animal resources development officials have collected a total of 45 blood samples of ailing poultry birds from various areas, including the state-run poultry farm and sent them for labaratory test in Kolkata tonight. Following the bird flu scare, the district magistrate, Mr CR Das held a meeting yesterday evening with the concerned officials, including the chief medical officer of health and the deputy director of animal resources development. The deputy director, ARD, Mr NK Shit, informed the district authorities that the abnormal death of birds or poultry birds have not yet been reported in this district. After the detection of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Birbhum and South Dinajpur, the Malda district authorities have decided to step up vigilance along the border block, including Habibpur, Bamongola and Gazole which are the adjoining areas of South Dinajpur. Mr NK Shit said that the block development officials of these blocks bordering with the South Dinajpur district have been alerted and requested to keep a proper vigilance where the birds are suffering from any bird flu like symptom. The concerned officials have been instructed to collect proper information from poultry farm and houses for precautionary measures. Speaking to this correspondent, Mr Shit said: “Till now we do not have any report of the deaths of poultry birds in this district. Surveillance has been stepped up, including in the state-run farmhouses. We have also increased the rate blood sample collection from the suspected ailing poultry birds." “We have collected 45 blood samples which will be sent for lab test in Kolkata tonight”, he added. Disinfections work is going on with the help of the Border Security Force (BSF) at the transit point of the Indo-Bangladesh border, he said. The Malda CMOH, Dr Radha Raman Banik said: “We do not have any report of avian influenza infection which have affected the people. We have 220 dose of Tamiflu ready for protection." “We have 50 sets of personal preventive equipment for culling birds if necessary”, Dr Banik added.
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