Avian Influenza H5N6 -- Netherlands
Bird flu has been identified on a farm in Oldekerk in Groningen and all 36 000 birds have been destroyed. The flu, a variant of H5 [see comment], was confirmed on [Sun 25 Feb 2018].
Two other farms within a 3 km [approx. 1.86 mi] radius of the affected company are now being tested for the deadly virus and farm minister Carola Schouten has imposed a ban on moving birds, eggs and manure within a 1 km [approx. 0.6 mi] radius.
Poultry farmers currently have to keep their birds indoors
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5652659&promed&0
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