KATHMANDU: The bird flu has spread in the Kathmandu Valley. Department of Livestock Services, Nepal has said that over 350 crows have died in the last few days due to bird flu, a report in Naya Patrika said.
H5H1 virus was detected in the sample test of a dead crow found near the British Embassy in Kathmandu. According to the report, several crows were found dead in vicinity of the Embassy and the Department of Passport Department.
“1 hundred and 50 crows have died in the past one week. The sample test result of a dead crow showed positive for H5N1,” said Narayan Bahadur Shrestha, livestock development officer of Province 3.
Similarly, a total of 2, 985 bird flu-infected broilers had been culled in Dadhikot of Suryabinayak Municipality, Bhaktapur.
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