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Maharashtra: 25,000 chickens to be culled at Thane`s poultry farm after bird flu scare

As many as 100 chickens were found dead at a poultry farm in Vehloli village of Shahapur tehsil in Thane district, said Thane District Magistrate and Collector Rajesh J Narvekar on Friday (February 18, 2022). Considering the bird flu threat, the samples have been sent to a lab in Pune.

Around 25,000 birds falling in a kilometre radius of the affected poultry farm will be killed within the next few days.