Avian flu outbreak in Ranchi poultry farm, 920 birds culled: Official

The Jharkhand government on Wednesday sounded an alert after bird flu cases were reported in a poultry farm in state capital Ranchi, an official said. As many as 920 birds, including 770 ducks, were culled at the Ram Krishna Ashram-run poultry farm - Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra - in Morabadi, the official told PTI.

A total of 4,300 eggs were also destroyed, he said.

The presence of H5N1, a type of avian influenza A virus, was confirmed in the samples sent to the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal, the official added.