Vellore cattle upkeep/welfare department Assistant Director Mr. Rajasekhar informed that special testing centres have been set up iin 4 places across Andhra State Border to prevent spreading of bird-flu.
Bird-flu has been spreading in the states of Andhra & Telengana. Preventive actions are being taken tby the cattle upkeep/welfare department o prevent spreading of bird-flu in Tamil Nadu
Vellore district is located by the Andhra State border. Hence, strong preventive measures are being taken to prevent spreading of bird-flu in Vellore district.
Assistant Detector of cattle upkeep department, Mr. Rajasekhar, informed that at 4 villages in the border of Andhra State, Christianpettai, Bharatharami, Saivagunta, and Serkadu, 4 special testing stalls have been set up by the department.
24-hour vigil has been taken up cattle department employees. Chicken, eggs, meat and chickenfeed brought from Andhra & Telengana are banned fromentering. The vehicles carrying these times are forced to take them back.
All vehicles arriving from these 2 states are sprayed with special disinfectants and then only allowed to enter Tamil Nadu.
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