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India H5N1-free since May

Posted on October 13, 2008

Via The Financial Express: No bird flu case since May: government. Excerpt:Despite no reports of any bird flu cases from samples collected from the poultry industry since May, the government is closely watching the situation prior to approaching the France-based Organisation for Animal Health (OAH) for according it 'the avian influenza free country'. We are monitoring the situation closely and we will wait for some time prior to approaching OAH, Pradeep Kumar, secretary, department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries told FE. A 'no bird flu' status would allow poultry exports from th...

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