About 40,000 birds have been culled in the Netherlands as the worst-hit country hit by the biggest bird flu outbreak in history sweeps across Europe.
The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality reported Tuesday that a case of bird flu was found at a chicken farm in the town of Bodegraven in the western province of South Holland, which is suspected to be infected with a highly pathogenic bird flu virus.
About 40,000 broilers were culled to prevent the spread of the disease carry out wast rendering treatment;. As there are no other farms within 1 km and 3 km radius, there is no need to take epidemic prevention measures; There are two farms within a 10-kilometer radius, but they did not keep any poultry at the time of the outbreak.
By convention, such as farm somewhere outbreaks of bird flu outbreaks, the Dutch food and consumer goods safety administration to within 1 km of farm isolation measures, epidemic prevention inspections within 3 km of the farm, at the same time on the farm issued within 10 kilometers “blockade”, banned foreign farm transport of poultry, eggs, meat, fertilizer and other products, People are also not allowed to hunt in these areas.
The Netherlands, Europe’s biggest exporter of poultry products, has more than 2,000 egg farms and net exports of more than 6bn eggs a year, but since last year bird flu has struck more than 50 farms and authorities have culled more than 3.5m birds.
Bird flu is spreading across Europe, with the exception of the Netherlands, the worst-hit country. On October 3, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control announced that Europe is experiencing the largest outbreak of bird flu in history, so far reported at least 2467 outbreaks, 48 million poultry culling, affecting 37 countries across Europe, both the number of cases and the scope of the epidemic have hit a “new high”. These birds need to be treated with feather meal equipment to avoid spreading.
Post time: Oct-19-2022