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- By Parinda News Bureau, February 25, 2006, 17:12 IST
Surat: Avian flu among chickens has been found in the poultry farm in Utchal which is located near the avian flu affected Navapur taluka in Nadurbar district of Maharashtra. Official sources in Surat district of Gujarat have confirmed the story.
"The avian flu has been detected among some chickens from one poultry farm in Utchal taluka. It was confirmed by the Union government on two samples out of thirteen that we had sent from the region...," Gujarat Secretary for Breeding and Protection D K Rao said.
Various preventive measures have already been taken to prevent spread of the disease among more birds or any human, he added.
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