With several parts of Jammu and Kashmir reporting bird flu cases an awareness campaign was orgsed by the Department of mal Husbandry in the Union Territory.
On Friday, Chief mal Husbandry Officer, Srinagar orgsed a camp in the Nishat area, in which several livestock breeders showed a keen interest.
Speaking to , poultry farmer Altaf Ahmad said, "Bird flu is a very dangerous disease. We also got to know about the diseases that infect us. I hope that such programs continue. These campaigns should be taken to villages also. In order to save lives, we should know which diseases of the mals affect us."
Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is a viral infection that affects birds. It can easily spread to domestic poultry and further to humans.
Nazir Ahmad, local resident who was at the awareness campaign said, "They have informed usabout how bird flu spreads from one to another and what precautions should be taken. They also briefed us about the symptoms of bird flu. It was very informative."
Dr. Qurat-ul-Ain, trainer at the bird flu campaign briefed the media person about how poultry farmers can protect their birds.
"We are creating awareness about avian influenza also known as bird flu. We need to aware locals about protecting their birds from coming in contact with migratory birds, because this area sees most migratory birds. Poultry farmers have also joined us today, who have commercial farms. We are telling them how they can save their birds and what precautions should be taken. We also told them about the symptoms that they may see in their birds, post which they have to report us," she said.
Poultry extension officer Srinagar, Dr. Irfan Majeed told that in this "bird flu scare," we want to aware people beforehand about this disease.
The department of mal husbandry, Srinagar also orgses such camps in other places of Srinagar to aware people about this flu and how to save mals. They also provide free medicines to counter this flu. In case anyone calls for help an expert team of doctors visits the place and provide all treatments free of cost to the infected mal.
( With inputs from ANI )
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