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At slightest 200 parrots person died connected the banks of the Narmada River successful Madhya Pradesh's Khargone territory owed to nutrient poisoning, officials said connected Friday (January 2, 2026).
The carcasses were recovered successful the past 4 days adjacent an aqueduct span connected the riverbank successful the Badwah area, and a post-mortem study has ruled retired vertebrate flu arsenic the cause, they said.
Some parrots were live during rescue operations, but the toxicity of the nutrient was truthful terrible that they died soon thereafter, District wildlife warden Tony Sharma said.
The deaths triggered panic successful the country aft a suspected vertebrate flu scare, but veterinary examinations recovered nary hint of the infection. Forest section officials person banned feeding adjacent the aqueduct span and deployed unit astatine the tract for strict enforcement.
Viscera samples from the birds were sent to Jabalpur for further examination, officials said.
According to officials from the veterinary department, nutrient poisoning and improper fare person caused the deaths.
Teams from the veterinary and wood departments, arsenic good arsenic the wildlife wing, person been monitoring the country for the past 4 days aft being alerted by residents.
Veterinarian Dr Manisha Chauhan, who conducted the post-mortems, said symptoms of nutrient poisoning were recovered successful the parrots, with nary indicators of vertebrate flu.
People often unknowingly provender birds nutrient that proves fatal to their digestive systems, she said.
Veterinary hold serviceman Dr Suresh Baghel said atom and tiny pebbles were recovered successful the stomachs of dormant birds.
Prima facie, the deaths look to beryllium linked to improper feeding, helium said, citing pesticide vulnerability from feeding successful sprayed fields and h2o from the Narmada River arsenic contributing factors.
Visitors to the span feeding cooked oregon leftover nutrient to birds whitethorn person proved fatal, officials said.
