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Livestock census began in the country in 1919, during the British rule.
Authorities said that South Africa is one country they are considering to procure the animals.
Minister J Chinchurani told the assembly that as many as 742 animals including cattle and poultry died during extreme heat this year.
The expert committee recommended among immediate measures that there should be a total ban of live bird movement till the end of March 2025.
The sale and movement of birds (both within and outside) in all districts affected by bird flu should be banned until March 2025, recommended the panel.
Even as the country faces a new outbreak of ASF in Kerala, the central government marked World Zoonoses Day on July 6 with an interactive session.
Bird flu was also confirmed in chickens in the Alappuzha district.
The bird flu was detected in the regional poultry farm of Animal Husbandry Department.
Mathew, a fifteen-year-old student dairy farmer from Velliyamattom near Thodupuzha here, lost 13 out of his 20 cattle on December 31.
He tragically died while attending Krishi Darshan on Doordarshan around 6.30 pm on Friday.
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