Speculations arose after 27 persons were hospitalized besides some reported death of fowls in the south district of Churachandpur and Tamenglong.
Dr. Rajen, officer of Disease Investigation Laboratory (DI Lab) stated that the death of the chickens was due to ‘water-borne disease’.
Cases of dead of about sixteen chickens in Churachandpur district over the last four days were due to a water-borne disease known as Colibacillosis which is a common disease, Dr. Rajen said.
“We came to know of the result after the joint director of the Veterinary department of Churachandpur sent a sample to the directorate,” he informed.
However, not ruling out a possible outbreak of bird flu in the near future, the officer of the DI Lab informed that surveillance works are under process to check any eventuality.
He also pointed to the need for steps and measures to check the avian flu and warned that Manipur was a ‘very sensitive place for it’.
Meanwhile, regarding the “unknown disease” that is reportedly attacking domestic animals in the Nungba area in Tamenglong district as reported by the village authority to the department, Dr. Rajen asserted that the death of the animals was due to ‘delay in timely vaccination’.
He added that ‘BQ’ was the disease which had caused the death of the animals.