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Lack of poultry registrations hinders bird flu control
The Animal Husbandry department of the Telangana state is facing problems in identifying and reaching out to poultry farms that are affected by bird flu. This situation has arisen due to the non-existence of any system of registration and monitoring of poultry farms. Although officials claim they are strictly following the ‘Manual of Guidelines - March 2015’
Hyderabad: The Animal Husbandry department of the Telangana state is facing problems in identifying and reaching out to poultry farms that are affected by bird flu. This situation has arisen due to the non-existence of any system of registration and monitoring of poultry farms. Although officials claim they are strictly following the ‘Manual of Guidelines - March 2015’ issued by the Centre for controlling the spread of H5N1 virus, lack of any data with the department on the addresses and exact locations of the poultry farms is resulting in delay of control and mitigation operations which include culling and burying of birds in deep pits.
- Animal Husbandry wing has no data on exact location of poultry farms
- This is delaying the measures like culling and burying birds in deep pits to control the disease
Speaking to The Hans India on the condition of anonymity, a senior official said there is no legal provision or Act that requires poultry farms to register with the Animal Husbandry department. This makes the task of physically locating the poultry farms by the Rapid Response teams difficult. Senior officials conceded that these types of instances will not arise if there was a proper system making it mandatory for the poultry farms to register with the state Animal Husbandry department.
At present the only way the department can get some information about the poultry farms is from the Livestock census. Information and data related to number of poultry farms and dairy farms are obtained from the veterinary doctors for each revenue mandal. Vets are the only source for the Animal Husbandry department to have an idea of number of farms and number of birds in each mandal.
