malappuram the disease among migratory birds spotted in tirurangadi region of the district has raised concern over the spread of diseases such as bird flu among the native birds in the regionit was on tuesday that a juvenile painted stork spotted in tirurangadi with the symptoms of bird flue but the veterinary experts who conducted detailed examination of bird at disease diagnostic laboratory in palakkad have confirmed that it did not find any bird flu virus the sources from animal disease control project adcp informed that as the bird flu outbreak has been reported from various parts of state including alappuzha they will take precautions including the monitoring of birds in the regionwe cannot rule out the possiblity of diseases spreading from migratory birds to native birds as there is no effective system to prevent it source said adding that public should be more vigilant against such incidentsa team of veterinary experts from tirurangadi veterinary hospital who visited the spot has opined that disease among migratory bird has been reported for first time in the regionponnani vallikkunnu cherumukk purathur marancheri veliyankode and tirur regions are the favourite spots of migratory birds in the districtas the bird flu outbreak has been reported in various districts of the state favourite spots of migratory birds in the district were kept under observation two years agoafter the death of a migratory bird in thirunnavaya the health officials were directed to put the kadalundi thirunnavaya ponnani and marancheri areas under special surveillance public awareness programmes also were conducted in these regionsbut the scientific examination results had confirmed that the death of bird in thirunnavaya was not due to bird flu virusafter the outbreak of bird flu in 2014 the state government had announced its decision to introduce a bird monitoring system in state engaging satellite telemetry for observing migratory birds and regulation of exotic pet birds were also recommended but the decision is yet to be implemented despite recurring bird flu outbreak in state the proposed bird monitoring cell is yet to be functional in state it is learnt that the centre which is functioning from salim ali bird sanctury was not accorded permission to follow flyways of migratory birds and to collect their body samples