Hundreds of chicken have died in local poultry farms in the first week of February in Falam township, Chin state, Burma.

A local said that four villages Singai, Zongte, Thipcang and Hnahthial are facing a situation, where over a 1000 chickens died in Falam township near the Indo-Myanmar border.

“Nearly 460 chicken carcasses were found in Singai, 270 in Zongte 400 in Thipcang and 20 in Hnahthial village, for instance, but the reason behind the deaths is not yet known. It may be because of bird flu or some ordinary disease,” said a local.

The villagers in Falam township are worried and reported the chicken deaths to a veterinary doctor in Falam town, but he refused to help.

“We don’t know why our chickens are dying. So we went to Falam town and asked a vet to help us, but he refused to do so, because he said that ‘he will not profit by helping us’ and he did not provide us even vaccine,” he added.

The areas witnessed AH1N1 disease in early 2010 close to Leilet village in Falam township, Chin state.

A source also said that on 18 January a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was in evidence in a poultry farm in Bomiletama village of Bomi village tract group in Sittwe, Arakan state.

Mizoram authorities in northeast sate of India, which is close to Chin state and Arakan state, have therefore, prohibited all export of chickens, ducks and other chicken products as of 25 February. – Khonumthung News.