Mysuru, March 5 -- * Vehicle checking intensified at Bavali Check-Post in H.D. Kote-Kerala border

* Animal Husbandry Dept. team creating awareness among poultry farmers

Following bird flu scare across the State, the Health and Animal Husbandry Department officials of Mysuru district are on high alert and are taking preventive steps to control the spread of the disease though no cases have been reported in the district so far.

Meanwhile, officials of the district Health and Animal Husbandry Departments are conducting checking of vehicles transporting poultry at Bavali Check-Post in H.D. Kote bordering Karnataka and Kerala.

The Animal Husbandry Department has constituted a team, which is creating awareness at poultry farms and visiting ...