Culling operation has been completed in all the four operational areas demarcated by circles of 10 km radius each around the four initially affected villages. House to house mopping up will continue for next couple of days to rule out possibility of any birds left out from culling operations. This is necessary because sometime the birds are kept by villagers in the hutments situated outside the villages mostly on agricultural farms. Compensation has been fully paid for birds killed in operations. Position of culling and payment of compensation is as follows:-
| Sl. No | Affected Village | Operation Area in Tahsil | Culling as on 17th March, 06 | Culling as on 18th March, 06 | Final Figures for culling | Compensation paid in Rs. |
| 1 | Marul | Yawal | 14,688 | 9,375 | 24,063 | 5,64,030 |
| 2 | Sawada | Raver | 17,319 | 2,075 | 19,394 | 4,58,180 |
| 3 | Hated | Chopada | 11,792 | 4,579 | 16,371 | 3,74,430 |
| 4 | Sarva | D.Gaon | 25,683 | 4,402 | 30,085 | 6,62,860 |
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| Shirpur | 1,248 | 0 | 1,248 | 24,960 |
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| Total |
| 70,730 | 20,431 | 91,161 | 20,84,460 |
Other than the RRTs for culling, another sixty teams are engaged in dis-infection of the area and houses. The strategy is to dis-infect all the houses in the 3 km radius by spraying. Damp patches are being dis-infected by spreading DDT powder/bleaching powder. The area quarantine norms are proposed to be relaxed from 21st March, 2006. Members of RRTs have been put on seven days quarantine after completion of culling operations.
It has been clarified by the District Authorities on the basis of report of team of Veterinary Officers deputed to assess the situation that no heavy toll of mortality has been reported from Jamner, Parola, Pachora and Bhadgaon in Jalgaon district. In one broiler farm viz Piyush broiler farm, Pachora mortality was reported (110 birds dead out of 14,800) which is assessed to be largely due to mis-management. Samples have been drawn from these areas and sent to HSADL, Bhopal.
The news of large-scale mortality of birds was reported form Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The area was visited by the State Veterinarians. Deaths are reported from one poultry farm in Dhorramaphy, Aligarh. Heavy mortality has been indicated by the owner of the farm over the last three days. The present diagnosis is of pneumonia of bacterial origin. The birds were treated with anti-biotics and appear to have responded well to that treatment as the mortality has reduced drastically on 20th March, 2006. The samples had been sent to Veterinary University, Mathura and HSADL, Bhopal. No unusual mortality has been reported from the neighbouring farms.
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