The Awami National Party-led provincial government has completed development projects worth Rs229 million in livestock and dairy development sector during last four and a half years in Khyber Pakht

KATHMANDU, JAN 02 - Over 2,500 chickens were slaughtered at a Lamthoki hatchery in Sitapaila, Kathmandu, on Wednesday following an outbreak of the bird flu (H5N1) virus.

Hundreds of fowls that died in a Dharke-based a chicken firm over the past one week are learnt to have died due to bird flu outbreak.

At least 50 Great Cormorant migrant birds (file photo) have been found dead inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a world heritage site, following which a probe has been ordered.

The Karnataka Forest and Health authorities have alerted their counterparts in Kerala on a suspected outbreak of Kyasanoor Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, in the Bandipur Tige

Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray on Tuesday informed the members in the Assembly that 250 elephants and 504 other wild animals have died in the State since 2009.

A spate of avian flu outbreaks in the last few years has dashed India’s hopes of becoming a major egg exporter.

Sultanate of Oman became the first country to ban poultry products from India since avian influenza commonly known as bird flu was reported a week ago from Bangalore.

The ever-busy Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) and Training Institute will now be without any activity as its entire stock of poultry has been culled.

The Institute will now have to wait for at least three months to renew its activities. An uneasy calm prevails at CPDO as the Avian Influenza, which proved disastrous, has rendered it jobless. The institute, known for business activities, research and training, will remain without any breeding activity or business until it is declared disease-free and safe to breed and rear birds.