Bird flu detected at two more Czech farms in east Bohemia
Prague- Czech vets have detected bird flu in two more farms within a three-kilometre zone around Norin, east Bohemia, where the infection occurred at a broiler farm at the end of June, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) spokesman Josef Duben said.
Further tests will show whether the poultry was infected with the H5N1 strain that is dangerous to man, Zbynek Semrad from SVS said, adding that the result should be known still today.
One of the afflicted farms is in Netreby. It breeds some 17,000 pieces of poultry. The other one is in Chocen. It breeds some 54,000 pieces of poultry.
The first case of bird flu at a breeding farm was detected on June 20 in Tisova where turkeys were infected.
One week later the illness was reported from Norin, four kilometres away from Tisova.
Bird flu was uncovered in the Czech Republic for the first time last year. All of the 14 cases involved dead swans living in open nature.
Prague- Czech vets have detected bird flu in two more farms within a three-kilometre zone around Norin, east Bohemia, where the infection occurred at a broiler farm at the end of June, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) spokesman Josef Duben said.
Further tests will show whether the poultry was infected with the H5N1 strain that is dangerous to man, Zbynek Semrad from SVS said, adding that the result should be known still today.
One of the afflicted farms is in Netreby. It breeds some 17,000 pieces of poultry. The other one is in Chocen. It breeds some 54,000 pieces of poultry.
The first case of bird flu at a breeding farm was detected on June 20 in Tisova where turkeys were infected.
One week later the illness was reported from Norin, four kilometres away from Tisova.
Bird flu was uncovered in the Czech Republic for the first time last year. All of the 14 cases involved dead swans living in open nature.
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