GANGTOK, 16 Jan: Following the death of pigeons in Rangpo Bazaar reported in local newspapers in the past few days, officials of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services from Gangtok inspected Rangpo Bazaar today. The officials also held a meeting with Rangpo Nagar Panchayat vice-president, Pushpa Mishra, regarding the issue.
AH&VS Director, Dr T Lucksom, AH&VS Deputy Director, Dr SM Rai and staff of Rangpo AH&VS accompanied by Ms Mishra surveyed the area and inspected the pigeons. The team has also taken live pigeons as samples for lab tests.
Dr Lucksom urged the people of Rangpo not to panic as it is not avian flu but a parasitic infection. Informing that pigeon samples have been taken to the departmental laboratory to ascertain the cause behind the deaths, he again urged the people not to panic and added that there is no big threat to humans.
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