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Poland hit by bird flu outbreak on turkey farms
World Reuters Jan 02, 2020 02:12:19 IST
WARSAW (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in turkeys in eastern Poland, authorities said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the outbreak could require up to 40,000 birds to be slaughtered.
Poland, Europe's largest poultry producer according to data from Eurostat, has not had an outbreak of bird flu since 2017...
..."Veterinary services are implementing virus eradication procedures in this situation," local authorities in Lubartowski county said in a press release issued on Tuesday, adding that the virus was a subtype of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu that can also threaten people...
Poland hit by bird flu outbreak on turkey farms
World Reuters Jan 02, 2020 02:12:19 IST
WARSAW (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in turkeys in eastern Poland, authorities said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the outbreak could require up to 40,000 birds to be slaughtered.
Poland, Europe's largest poultry producer according to data from Eurostat, has not had an outbreak of bird flu since 2017...
..."Veterinary services are implementing virus eradication procedures in this situation," local authorities in Lubartowski county said in a press release issued on Tuesday, adding that the virus was a subtype of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu that can also threaten people...
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