NEW DELHI, April 5 -- The Union animal husbandry ministry's department of animal husbandry and dairying (DAHD) has announced mandatory registration for all poultry farms within a month as part of a "three-pronged strategy" to tackle the ongoing H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks across multiple states, officials said on Friday.
The directive comes amid continued detection of the H5N1 virus in several regions of the country, with officials confirming outbreaks at 34 epicentres spanning eight states: Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
A high-level meeting was held at Krishi Bhavan on Friday evening with poultry industry representatives, officials from the Indian Council of Agri...