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More than a quarter of a million birds have had to be killed this year due to bird flu
September 28, 2021 (3:45 PM)
More than a quarter of a million birds have had to be killed this year due to bird flu
Bird flu has now occurred in the village of Trhové Dušníky. A protection and surveillance zone will be established around the outbreak.
Bird flu has returned to the Czech Republic this year, with several cases occurring last year in January and February last year, including in commercial breeding in Pardubice, but in July the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) officially recognized the Czech Republic as a country without bird flu. Half a year later, however, the bird flu returned, first confirmed on January 21 in two dead swans on a pond in the Písek region. A day later, an outbreak of influenza appeared in small-scale poultry farming in the Tábor region and the disease spread further. At first, only small farms were affected, so veterinarians usually ordered the killing of a maximum of tens or a few hundred birds.
In March, the disease also spread to Perena duck farms in the Hradec Králové and Central Bohemia regions, a total of nine were affected. In March, therefore, 75,000 birds were slaughtered from the facility where the company bred so-called parent ducks, which carry eggs from which the ducklings hatch. At the end of March, bird flu hit a large hen farm in Kosičky in the Hradec Králové region. Although the infection was found in the breeding of about 63,000 young hens that do not yet lay eggs, in one hall, another 111,500 laying hens had to be killed, where the disease was not proven.
This year, bird flu gradually spread to farms in most regions, in total it was necessary to slaughter more than 250,000 pieces of poultry in large farms in the Czech Republic. In June, extraordinary measures were completed in the last outbreak of this year in Mladá Boleslav - Čejetice, and now, after about four months, bird flu has been re-established. The focus is in small-scale breeding in the village of Trhové Dušníky in the Příbram region. "The breeder reported the death of five geese from his small farm. There were also 16 hens and 11 ducks. One of the ducks showed clinical signs typical of bird flu," veterinarians said today. The remaining poultry was killed by veterinarians. A protection and surveillance zone will be established in the vicinity of the outbreak, where conditions will be tightened, for example for the movement of poultry.
Due to the flu, 11 non-EU countries have reduced trade with the Czech Republic this year - Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Belarus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mexico, Kazakhstan and Kuwait. In the long run, restrictions from China and Japan apply. This summer, the Czech Republic gained the status of a country free of bird flu, and due to its current occurrence, it will lose this status.
This year, more birds were killed than during the bird flu in 2007 and 2017, when the disease also hit the Czech Republic hard. In 2007, the disease was highly discovered in farms in the Orlické Ústí region around Vysoké Mýto. Due to three outbreaks of bird flu, more than 171,000 poultry were slaughtered in large farms at the time. Ten years later, veterinarians ordered the killing of more than 30,000 poultry in two Zephyr Františkovy Lázně farms in the Cheb region. About 20,000 ducks came from the Blatenská ryba company in Blatná in the Strakonice region, 17,000 ducks were killed in Vlachov Březí in the Prachatice region and 10,000 pieces of poultry in Moravský Krumlov and Ivančice in southern Moravia ...
More than a quarter of a million birds have had to be killed this year due to bird flu
September 28, 2021 (3:45 PM)
More than a quarter of a million birds have had to be killed this year due to bird flu
Bird flu has now occurred in the village of Trhové Dušníky. A protection and surveillance zone will be established around the outbreak.
Bird flu has returned to the Czech Republic this year, with several cases occurring last year in January and February last year, including in commercial breeding in Pardubice, but in July the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) officially recognized the Czech Republic as a country without bird flu. Half a year later, however, the bird flu returned, first confirmed on January 21 in two dead swans on a pond in the Písek region. A day later, an outbreak of influenza appeared in small-scale poultry farming in the Tábor region and the disease spread further. At first, only small farms were affected, so veterinarians usually ordered the killing of a maximum of tens or a few hundred birds.
In March, the disease also spread to Perena duck farms in the Hradec Králové and Central Bohemia regions, a total of nine were affected. In March, therefore, 75,000 birds were slaughtered from the facility where the company bred so-called parent ducks, which carry eggs from which the ducklings hatch. At the end of March, bird flu hit a large hen farm in Kosičky in the Hradec Králové region. Although the infection was found in the breeding of about 63,000 young hens that do not yet lay eggs, in one hall, another 111,500 laying hens had to be killed, where the disease was not proven.
This year, bird flu gradually spread to farms in most regions, in total it was necessary to slaughter more than 250,000 pieces of poultry in large farms in the Czech Republic. In June, extraordinary measures were completed in the last outbreak of this year in Mladá Boleslav - Čejetice, and now, after about four months, bird flu has been re-established. The focus is in small-scale breeding in the village of Trhové Dušníky in the Příbram region. "The breeder reported the death of five geese from his small farm. There were also 16 hens and 11 ducks. One of the ducks showed clinical signs typical of bird flu," veterinarians said today. The remaining poultry was killed by veterinarians. A protection and surveillance zone will be established in the vicinity of the outbreak, where conditions will be tightened, for example for the movement of poultry.
Due to the flu, 11 non-EU countries have reduced trade with the Czech Republic this year - Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Belarus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mexico, Kazakhstan and Kuwait. In the long run, restrictions from China and Japan apply. This summer, the Czech Republic gained the status of a country free of bird flu, and due to its current occurrence, it will lose this status.
This year, more birds were killed than during the bird flu in 2007 and 2017, when the disease also hit the Czech Republic hard. In 2007, the disease was highly discovered in farms in the Orlické Ústí region around Vysoké Mýto. Due to three outbreaks of bird flu, more than 171,000 poultry were slaughtered in large farms at the time. Ten years later, veterinarians ordered the killing of more than 30,000 poultry in two Zephyr Františkovy Lázně farms in the Cheb region. About 20,000 ducks came from the Blatenská ryba company in Blatná in the Strakonice region, 17,000 ducks were killed in Vlachov Březí in the Prachatice region and 10,000 pieces of poultry in Moravský Krumlov and Ivančice in southern Moravia ...