300 chickens die in Tripura, alert sounded

Initial tests conducted on the chickens that died at Divyadoy Krishi farm in West Tripura district in the past two days did not find any traces of bird flu, officials said.

Samarendra Das, Assistant Director of the state Animal Resource Department, said the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu was remote because chickens and eggs were brought into Tripura from West Bengal and not from other states in the Northeast.