Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand Wednesday started culling poultry birds following the outbreak of bird flu, officials said.
The local government officials have sounded an alert after bird flu cases were detected at a state-run poultry farm in Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand.
According to officials, so far 920 poultry birds, including 770 ducks, have been culled at a poultry farm in Morabadi area by the rapid response personnel of the Animal Husbandry Department.
The personnel also destroyed 4,300 eggs at the poultry farm.
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