Six of the 266 bird samples tested from Kashmir have been found positive for avian influenza, none among them from poultry. The authorities maintained that Kashmir’s poultry sector is still untouched by the virus. Samples from dead crows taken from two locations in Srinagar were found positive for avian influenza in January, Deputy Director Poultry Kashmir Division, Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Shah said. He said samples taken from wild birds in Anantnag, Kulgam and Baramulla districts have also been found positive in the past weeks, the total locations six now. “We…
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