Tighter control measures for Bulgarian poultry farms
The Bulgarian authorities are implementing a new programme for enhanced surveillance of poultry farms as a reaction to the latest cases of avian influenza that appeared in the country, Nova reports.
The measures include biosecurity on farms, a higher frequency of laboratory control to demonstrate the lack of investion with the virus and prevention across the country.
The agency announced also that birds will only be transported after they have been tested for the disease.
Earlier this week, BFSA reported new outbreaks of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) in two poultry farms in the village of Varbitsa, Dimitrovgrad municipality, Haskovo district and in the village of Bogdanitsa, Sadovo municipality, Plovdiv region.
The Bulgarian authorities are taking all the precautionary measures to limit and prevent the spread of the virus to other poultry farms. A 3-kilometer protection zone and another 10-kilometer surveillance zone have been implemented around the outbreak areas. The movement of birds and their products into and out of the protection and surveillance zones is prohibited.
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