Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/nied...nse-fallen-tot-vom-Himmel,vogelgrippe590.html
Avian flu: Hundreds of wild geese fall dead from the sky
Status: 04/14/2021 8:33 a.m.
Around one million farm animals have been killed in Lower Saxony because of the H5N1 virus. Bird flu is also spreading among wild animals, as is evident in the East Frisian Rheiderland.
Farmers report to NDR Lower Saxony that they find dead birds in their fields every day. Since shortly before Easter, hundreds of wild birds have fallen from the sky or simply fell over. Even if an analysis by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, which is responsible for animal diseases, is still pending, "it cannot be anything other than bird flu," says district spokesman Jens Gerdes.
Carcasses can contaminate forage for cows
"First they empty our fields, then we have to dispose of them," says farmer Rolf Dreesmann from Nendorp. The situation is an additional burden for farmers. If the carcasses stayed where they were and ended up in the green feed, the cows could die. The municipalities have therefore set up containers in which the animals can be disposed of.
Experts fear bird deaths like in Schleswig-Holstein
According to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the virus could spread further. Birds of prey, seagulls and curlews are particularly endangered. The threat of bird death is similar to that in the Wadden Sea of ??Schleswig-Holstein. There have been 16,000 dead wild birds there since November.
Avian flu: Hundreds of wild geese fall dead from the sky
Status: 04/14/2021 8:33 a.m.
Around one million farm animals have been killed in Lower Saxony because of the H5N1 virus. Bird flu is also spreading among wild animals, as is evident in the East Frisian Rheiderland.
Farmers report to NDR Lower Saxony that they find dead birds in their fields every day. Since shortly before Easter, hundreds of wild birds have fallen from the sky or simply fell over. Even if an analysis by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, which is responsible for animal diseases, is still pending, "it cannot be anything other than bird flu," says district spokesman Jens Gerdes.
Carcasses can contaminate forage for cows
"First they empty our fields, then we have to dispose of them," says farmer Rolf Dreesmann from Nendorp. The situation is an additional burden for farmers. If the carcasses stayed where they were and ended up in the green feed, the cows could die. The municipalities have therefore set up containers in which the animals can be disposed of.
Experts fear bird deaths like in Schleswig-Holstein
According to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the virus could spread further. Birds of prey, seagulls and curlews are particularly endangered. The threat of bird death is similar to that in the Wadden Sea of ??Schleswig-Holstein. There have been 16,000 dead wild birds there since November.
