<p>Alappuzha (Kerala): Hit by avian influenza, authorities in Alappuzha district have culled over 53,000 domestic birds so far this year, officials said here on Tuesday.</p><p>This year, cases of bird flu were first reported on April 17 in ducks in a few wards of Edathua and Cheruthana grama panchayats.</p><p>Officials said fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Ward 9 of the Ambalapuzha North Grama Panchayat.</p>.Bird flu outbreak reported in Kerala's Alappuzha.<p>They said 6,777 domestic birds within a one-kilometre radius of this ward will be subjected to culling on Thursday.</p><p>"So far this year, 53,455 domestic birds have been culled in the district. The figure is as follows: Cheruthana - 11,939, Edathua - 31,811, Ambalapuzha North - 540, and Thakazhi - 9,165," an official release said here.</p>
<p>Alappuzha (Kerala): Hit by avian influenza, authorities in Alappuzha district have culled over 53,000 domestic birds so far this year, officials said here on Tuesday.</p><p>This year, cases of bird flu were first reported on April 17 in ducks in a few wards of Edathua and Cheruthana grama panchayats.</p><p>Officials said fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Ward 9 of the Ambalapuzha North Grama Panchayat.</p>.Bird flu outbreak reported in Kerala's Alappuzha.<p>They said 6,777 domestic birds within a one-kilometre radius of this ward will be subjected to culling on Thursday.</p><p>"So far this year, 53,455 domestic birds have been culled in the district. The figure is as follows: Cheruthana - 11,939, Edathua - 31,811, Ambalapuzha North - 540, and Thakazhi - 9,165," an official release said here.</p>