Samples taken from chickens that died in several areas of AP were sent for testing at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Samples from chicken farms in Velpur, Tanuku mandal, West Godavari district, and Kanur, Agraharam, Peravali mandal, East Godavari district, tested positive. Animal Husbandry Department officials have quarantined the chickens at the farms in both districts. A red alert has been declared within a kilometer radius of the affected chicken farms. Special measures have been implemented to control the virus in the surrounding areas, and special teams are monitoring the red zone. The health of workers in chicken farms is being monitored, and awareness seminars are being held for farmers on diseases that affect chickens Virus spread by migratory birds It is believed that bird flu spread through a virus found in migratory birds that visit the Kolleru region every year from various countries. The virus reached the reservoirs when the birds defecated in the water. It is estimated that the chickens became infected through the water.