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Bird flu back in Poland

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Posted on Nov 09 ,11:50

Bird flu back in Poland

Poland reported this week another wave of bird flu outbreaks, said the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Monday. Several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at poultry farms with flocks totaling nearly 650,000 birds have been reported so far.
Five outbreaks, of which four were at fattening turkey farms and one at a chicken broiler farm, were found in the eastern part of the country while another was discovered at a turkey and geese farm in the western part of the country, the OIE said, citing a report from Polish authorities.

Bird flu, most often carried from one country to the other by migrating wild birds, has been spreading rapidly in Europe, raising concern in the poultry industry after previous outbreaks led to the culling of tens of millions of birds and international trade restrictions. The French government on Friday put the entire country on high alert for bird flu, extending a requirement to keep all poultry flocks indoors. This comes after Dutch authorities last month also ordered commercial farms to keep all flocks inside after bird flu was reported on a farm, according to Reuters.

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