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The one-kanal miracle: from 1/8 of an acre, Moga farmer’s pigs earn him Rs 61 lakh per annum
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (227+ words) His farm currently maintains around 150 pigs, including 40 breeding sows. A sow has a gestation period of around 114 days, followed by nearly 60 days of nursing before piglets are weaned....
Nandurbar Bird Flu Cases Rise to 8 Farms, 45,000 More Birds to Be Culled
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (23+ words) Approximately 45,000 poultry farm birds and around 6,000 backyard poultry birds fall within the newly declared epicentres that will be culled....
‘This time we don’t have strength to rebuild’: Bird flu hits western India’s biggest egg-supply hub, again
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (272+ words) Avian influenza has returned to Maharashtra's Navapur for the third time in 20 years, culling over 2 lakh birds. For many farmers, the compensation gap and lack of vaccines make recovery harder each time....
Maharashtra bird flu: 1.4 lakh chickens in Nandurbar to be culled in 5 days
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) The process of culling 1.40 lakh chickens at Navapur in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district is expected to be completed in five days, following the outbreak of bird flu in the region, officials said. As many as 11,000 chickens were culled on Friday and…...
Maharashtra bird flu outbreak: Administration on high alert, says commissioner of Animal Husbandry
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (30+ words) Authorities order the culling of 1.5 lakh chickens in Navapur after H5N1 bird flu is detected. Officials have established containment zones and strict surveillance to prevent the virus from spreading....
Avian flu outbreak at state poultry facility near Bengaluru; 7,444 birds culled
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (496+ words) An outbreak of H5N1 or avian influenza at a state government facility providing training in the rearing of poultry on the outskirts of Bengaluru has resulted in the culling of 7,444 birds and the declaration of a village on the outskirts and…...