Puri: The bird flu scare gripped many places of Krushnaprasad block in Odisha’s Puri district as thousands of chicken were found dead in several farms in the area, informed sources. According to sources, some chicken died one after the other in the area in the last four days. They were found dying while either consuming food or walking inside the farms. However, thousands of the chicken were found dead in the farms all of a sudden this morning, informed the sources. Not just the chicken inside the farms, but several crows were also found dead in some areas of the block, said the sources adding that though no officials have confirmed the outbreak of bird flu, people of the area are now in a state of fear for the viral infections. Meanwhile, the local veterinarians have reportedly collected samples from the dead chickens for the laboratory test to find out the presence of the H5N1 virus. Besides, efforts are on to bury dead birds. On the other hand, the chicken farmers are in a state of distress due to the losses they incurred following the death of thousands of chicken. Many of them claimed that they had taken money on loan for the poultry farming and now they do not have any means to repay the loan.