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Topic: Hallig Suederoog, Germany: H5N6Posted By: Technophobe
Subject: Hallig Suederoog, Germany: H5N6
Date Posted: March 21 2018 at 7:18am
Germany Confirms H5N6 Bird Flu Case on Island Farm
By REUTERS
HAMBURG
— German authorities have confirmed outbreak of the highly pathogenic
H5N6 bird flu type at a farm on an island off the German North Sea
coast, the Schleswig-Holstein state agriculture ministry said on
Wednesday.
The
virus was found on a farm of with 57 chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese
on the island of Hallig Suederoog. All the birds on the farm have been
culled.
It is said to be the first case on a farm in Germany, the ministry said.
A case of H5N6 bird flu was also reported by a farm in the Netherlands in February and in southern England in January.
The Schleswig-Holstein state agriculture ministry said there is no record of the strain of the disease spreading to humans.
Some
past outbreaks of bird flu have required expensive slaughtering
campaigns and costly orders to farmers to keep poultry indoors.
(Reporting by Michael Hogan, editing by Louise Heavens)