# 1562
Birds die every day, and for a great many reasons. Most of the time, not much thought is given to it. That is, unless there is a raging bird flu outbreak going on somewhere in your country.
Last Thursday there were reports of poultry dying in Tamil Nadu, in the South East quadrant of India, far from the West Bengal region. Given the events to their north, this understandably raised concerns.
According to government laboratory tests, these birds did not die from bird flu, but rather, from starvation.
This from the Times of India.
Poultry deaths due to starvation: Tamil Nadu Govt
29 Jan 2008, 1700 hrs IST,
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said some poultry deaths reported from Devedanampatti and Bodinayakanoor in Theni district were caused due to "starvation" and there was not a single case of bird flu in the state.
"After detailed tests and postmortem, it was found that the birds had died due to starvation and non-supply of poultry feed," an official release said here on Monday.
Cases have been registered against the concerned farms for not informing the authorities about the bird deaths and not properly disposing of the carcasses.
"It is reiterated that not a single instance of bird flu has so far been detected in Tamil Nadu and, therefore, it is safe to eat poultry products," it added.
