<p>Maharashtra reported the deaths of 44 poultry birds on Friday amid the avian influenza scare, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The deaths were reported from Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Amravati and Nandurbar, they added.</p>.<p>The samples are being sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal and Pune-based Disease Investigation Section for testing.</p>.<p>So far, 8,34,676 poultry birds, including 7,00,161 birds from Navapur in Nandurbar, 30,00,308 eggs and 74,394 kilograms of poultry feed have been destroyed in the infected zone.</p>
<p>Maharashtra reported the deaths of 44 poultry birds on Friday amid the avian influenza scare, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The deaths were reported from Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Amravati and Nandurbar, they added.</p>.<p>The samples are being sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal and Pune-based Disease Investigation Section for testing.</p>.<p>So far, 8,34,676 poultry birds, including 7,00,161 birds from Navapur in Nandurbar, 30,00,308 eggs and 74,394 kilograms of poultry feed have been destroyed in the infected zone.</p>