A Central team led by Union Animal Husbandry department Commissioner Abhijit Mitra visiting Kerala to review the situation following an avian flu outbreak in Alappuzha, Kottayam, and Pathanamthitta districts has suggested setting up a special surveillance system in the Kuttanad region.
On Friday, members of the Central team along with Animal Husbandry department (AHD) Director A. Kowsigan and chief disease investigation officer Sheela Sali visited duck farms in Pulinkunnu and Mankombu in Alappuzha and reviewed the situation.
The Central team later held discussions with the officials of the National Institute of Virology, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, among others. The team had earlier held talks with Chief Secretary V. Venu and senior officials of various departments at Thiruvananthapuram.
