Avian Influenza -- Netherlands
Dutch poultry farmers, already left reeling by a contaminated egg scandal, were in a new flap on Friday [13 Oct 2017] over an outbreak of bird flu, with thousands of hens to be destroyed.
"An outbreak of a variant of H5 bird flu has been detected in a poultry farm in Zeeland province," Economic Affairs Minister Henk Kamp said.
All 42 000 egg-laying hens in the southern Netherlands farm will have to be culled "to stop the disease spreading" in accordance with European regulations, he
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2z8drUI
No comments:
Post a Comment