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Bird flu in a wild bird in the Rhine near Birsfelden
29.11.2016 09:59
The bird flu virus, subtype H5N8, was detected in a typhus found dead last Friday in the Rhine near Birsfelden. Thus, the bird flu has also reached the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
The H5N8 subtype avian influenza virus has spread further. After the virus was detected for the first time in dead waterbirds at Lake Constance at the beginning of November, finds were found on Lake Geneva, Lake Neuch?tel; Lac de Joux and various Swiss Mediterranean shores. The bird flu case at Birsfelden confirms the spread of bird flu in the Swiss wild bird population along the Rhine.
There are currently no indications for contagion in Swiss poultry farms. The virus is, according to today's findings, not transferable to humans.
The Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (BLV) had intensified the measures against avian influenza on 16 November 2016 due to the further spread of poultry infections in Switzerland. The aim of the measures to be implemented by all poultry farmers is to prevent contact between wild birds and domestic poultry. Feeding and drinking places and water basins may not be accessible to wild birds. However, poultry must not be kept in the stable if the contact can be prevented by other suitable measures.
Markets, exhibitions and similar events on which poultry are presented are forbidden until further notice.
All poultry holdings, including hobby keeping, must be officially registered. All poultry holders, which are not yet registered, are requested to do so. The entry form can on the website of the Office of Food Safety and Veterinary downloaded.
Continually updated information on avian influenza is available on the website of the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary BLVwww.blv.admin.ch
Bird flu in a wild bird in the Rhine near Birsfelden
29.11.2016 09:59
The bird flu virus, subtype H5N8, was detected in a typhus found dead last Friday in the Rhine near Birsfelden. Thus, the bird flu has also reached the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
The H5N8 subtype avian influenza virus has spread further. After the virus was detected for the first time in dead waterbirds at Lake Constance at the beginning of November, finds were found on Lake Geneva, Lake Neuch?tel; Lac de Joux and various Swiss Mediterranean shores. The bird flu case at Birsfelden confirms the spread of bird flu in the Swiss wild bird population along the Rhine.
There are currently no indications for contagion in Swiss poultry farms. The virus is, according to today's findings, not transferable to humans.
The Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (BLV) had intensified the measures against avian influenza on 16 November 2016 due to the further spread of poultry infections in Switzerland. The aim of the measures to be implemented by all poultry farmers is to prevent contact between wild birds and domestic poultry. Feeding and drinking places and water basins may not be accessible to wild birds. However, poultry must not be kept in the stable if the contact can be prevented by other suitable measures.
Markets, exhibitions and similar events on which poultry are presented are forbidden until further notice.
All poultry holdings, including hobby keeping, must be officially registered. All poultry holders, which are not yet registered, are requested to do so. The entry form can on the website of the Office of Food Safety and Veterinary downloaded.
Continually updated information on avian influenza is available on the website of the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary BLVwww.blv.admin.ch