Bird flu: Culling teams shrinking

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Posted online: Friday , February 08, 2008 at 02:43:08
Updated: Friday , February 08, 2008 at 03:00:56

Kolkata, February 7 Three weeks after bird flu broke out in the state, the number of teams engaged in culling, mopping and disinfection operations have dwindled.

A recent report by the Animal Resource Development Department serves to highlight the disproportionate man-bird ratio.

At the onset, 750 teams were engaged in culling more than 3 lakh birds each day. But on February 6, according to the ARD report, 86 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) were found working. The teams, comprising 4,294 personnel, culled 11,820 birds.

The man-bird discrepancy was starkest in Nadia, where 328 birds were culled on February 6. As per government figures, the number of teams put on culling was nil.

The 23 teams engaged there were for surveillance/mopping and disinfection/ sanitation, not “culling”. The figures showed that only 10 eggs were destroyed by these teams.

A tentative target of culling 31,25, 620 birds had been set, but as on February 6, the figure had overshot the target. Overall 35 lakh birds had been shown as culled statewide.

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