Belgium has ordered that every one poultry be saved indoors from Thursday following the detection of a bird flu outbreak, the federal meals security company stated on Wednesday, as Europe faces a powerful resurgence of the illness.
The unfold of hen flu raised issues amongst governments and the poultry business after it killed or led to the culling of a whole lot of thousands and thousands of poultry lately, disrupting provide, fuelling larger meals costs and elevating the chance of a brand new pandemic.
Neighbouring France took an analogous determination to Belgium on Tuesday and the Netherlands final week.
An outbreak of extremely pathogenic avian influenza, generally known as hen flu, was detected on a turkey farm close to Diksmuide within the north of Belgium this week, the World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) stated earlier on Wednesday.
The H5N1 pressure of hen flu killed 319 birds whereas the remainder of the 67,110-strong flock was slaughtered, the Paris-based WOAH stated within the report posted on its web site, citing Belgian authorities.
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The WOAH additionally stated on Wednesday that Slovakia had reported an outbreak of hen flu on a poultry farm, in an indication that the lethal virus continues to unfold quickly in Europe.
In its latest outbreak, the Netherlands will cull round 161,000 chickens at a poultry farm within the central-eastern area of the nation after hen flu was detected there, the federal government stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
