India, Jan. 8 -- Animal husbandry officials have sent serum samples of the dead birds for analysis

Around a hundred dead chickens have been found abandoned on a field in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, causing panic among the local villagers.

The locals were shocked to discover street dogs feeding on the dead birds close to their homes in Saraiya block on January 8.

"The chickens must have died in the local poultry farm and the owner threw them away to escape action by the animal husbandry department over bird flu fears," Umesh Prasad Singh, a villager, said.

Officials from department rushed to the spot and buried the dead chickens in a ditch as a preventive measure. "We have collected serum samples from the abandoned carcass and sent ...