Bird flu in Rajasthan: Dead crows found in Pushkar and Ajmer too

JAIPUR:

Carcasses of three crows were found in Pushkar

on Monday and the samples were sent to a laboratory to know the cause of death.


About 19 crows were found dead on Sunday at

Baradari and Pati Katla in Ajmer

. The carcasses were decomposed to such an extent that it was not possible to get samples.

On receiving information, a forest department team reached Pushkar on Monday and found the carcasses near a gaushala. The team collected samples and sent them to the veterinary laboratory at Shastri Nagar. A preliminary report suggested that the crows died of severe in Ajmer.

Forest officer Deshraj Meghwanshi said the department is on high alert after the possibilities of bird flu in Rajasthan.

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