After Thane, bird flu spreads in Palghar district, 456 poultry birds culled
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Days after bird flu cases were detected in the Thane district, the infection has surfaced in the adjoining Palghar district. The National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases Laboratory, Bhopal, in its report, has said that results of samples of poultry, turkey and quails -- taken from Agashi and Vatar in Vasai taluka -- have been found positive for HSN1 strain. So far, 456 poultry birds have been culled in the said area.