Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: Low pathogenic bird flu in Germany (H5N3)
Source: http://www.dernewsticker.de/news.php?id=71820
Google translation:
DDP announcement dated 23.12.2008, 16:20 clock
Because bird flu further 18 500 turkeys killed
Cloppenburg (ddp-NRD). Because of the rampant spread of bird flu Cloppenburg district on Tuesday again several thousand turkeys have been culled. Following the confirmation of two other suspected cases were in the community Garrel further 18 500 turkeys have been killed, said a spokesman of the council Cloppenburg. The number of farms, where the low pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N3 was detected, increased to 26 Overall, in the restricted zones in 170 poultry farms, with around 2.8 million poultry samples.
Because only turkeys and ducks from the infection were affected, the Einstallungsverbot for broilers meanwhile eased. Since Tuesday may be outside of the boxes again chicken chicks under conditions to be brought.
In the past two weeks have been included in the closures in the district of Cloppenburg approximately 350 000 animals were killed to contain the spread of dangerous for humans disease. In Ahlhorn in the district of Oldenburg were 30 000 turkeys have been culled precaution. The suspicion that the bird flu had spread to there, but not confirmed.
(Reuters)
Source: http://www.dernewsticker.de/news.php?id=71820
Google translation:
DDP announcement dated 23.12.2008, 16:20 clock
Because bird flu further 18 500 turkeys killed
Cloppenburg (ddp-NRD). Because of the rampant spread of bird flu Cloppenburg district on Tuesday again several thousand turkeys have been culled. Following the confirmation of two other suspected cases were in the community Garrel further 18 500 turkeys have been killed, said a spokesman of the council Cloppenburg. The number of farms, where the low pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N3 was detected, increased to 26 Overall, in the restricted zones in 170 poultry farms, with around 2.8 million poultry samples.
Because only turkeys and ducks from the infection were affected, the Einstallungsverbot for broilers meanwhile eased. Since Tuesday may be outside of the boxes again chicken chicks under conditions to be brought.
In the past two weeks have been included in the closures in the district of Cloppenburg approximately 350 000 animals were killed to contain the spread of dangerous for humans disease. In Ahlhorn in the district of Oldenburg were 30 000 turkeys have been culled precaution. The suspicion that the bird flu had spread to there, but not confirmed.
(Reuters)