Friday, 30 October 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (74): Netherlands (GE) poultry, HPAI H5N8 susp

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Netherlands
A highly contagious form of bird flu has been diagnosed at a poultry farm with 35 000 animals in Altforst, Gelderland. The sector is alarmed because this year's [2020] contamination is early and has entered a barn where high hygiene standards are maintained.
"What is still to come?" asks Hennie de Haan, chairman of the Dutch Poultry Farmers' Union (NVP). "The bird migration, with which the virus spreads, has only just started. Moreover, this is a company where very careful work is done and

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7902659&promed&0

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