Overview
- NIHSAD confirmed H5N1 at poultry farms in Ammagaripalli and Puttavaripalli, leading DAHD to formally notify the outbreak on February 8.
- Rapid Response Teams are culling birds under SOPs, enforcing movement controls and disinfection, and operating under district collectors’ supervision.
- Surveillance has expanded to Karvetinagaram in Chittoor district after fresh poultry deaths, with samples dispatched to NIHSAD and results awaited.
- Officials reported roughly 90 bird deaths over two days preceding confirmation and said containment operations remain in full swing in Sodam mandal.
- No human infections have been detected, and authorities reiterate that thoroughly cooked poultry and eggs are safe to consume as farmers tighten biosecurity.
- Regional alerts continue, including a Puducherry advisory after an H5N1-positive crow in Chennai and stricter biosecurity across Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal poultry belt.