GERMAN FARM TO SLAUGHTER 110,000 HENS AFTER BIRD FLU DISCOVERED

Thu 11 August 2022:

After an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in northern Germany, authorities said on Thursday that approximately 110,000 chickens would be slaughtered, Reuters reported.

According to the Vechta district council, the disease was verified on an egg-producing farm in Langwege, in the Vechta district of the northern state of Lower Saxony.

Vechta is a major poultry production region. According to the council, a three-kilometer lockdown zone has been enforced around the farm, as well as a ten-kilometer observation zone. There are 352 farms in these locations.

The spread of bird flu around the globe has raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry due to its ability to ravage flocks, generate trade restrictions and the risk of human transmission.

France’s farm ministry in June removed bird flu-related restrictions on poultry farming across the country, citing a halt in outbreaks after the worst-ever crisis of the highly contagious virus led to the culling of 16 million birds.

The disease poses little risk to humans, but previous epidemics in farm birds necessitated massive slaughtering programs to contain them.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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