Rapid Response Teams (RRT) of the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) will carry out bird culling operations in the avian flu-hit regions of Kuttanad in Alappuzha on Friday.
Officials said that around 21,000 ducks would be culled at Edathua and Cheruthana, the bird flu hotspots. Besides, all domesticated birds within the one-km radius of the hotspots will be culled.
“The Centre has notified the outbreak of disease. We have constituted eight RRTs to cull birds. Four teams each will be deployed to Edathua and Cheruthana. The process will be completed on Friday itself,” said Dr. Sajeev Kumar K.R., District Animal Husbandry Officer, adding that the culling and disposal of carcasses would be done as per the standard operating procedure.