Re: 250 Dead birds were found (Kelbra Lake, Germany)
Observation and restricted area with
Kelbra remain existing But arisen 15.08.07, 17:55h provides no new cases of the dangerous bird flu A coworker of the biosphere reservation pulls bird ended from the reed on the north bank of the artificial lake Kelbra. (MZ photo: Heinz Noack) Sangerhausen/dpa. At artificial lake the Kelbra in the area by Saxonia-Anhalt for well three weeks no new cases of the dangerous bird flu were proven with dead game birds. The last dead bird, which was positively tested on bird flu (H5), was found on 23 July. The observation and restricted area remains nevertheless existing further to the caution, as the district communicated one field south resin on Wednesday. Since the outbreak of the poultry plague with game birds at the beginning of of July in the district according to with
212 black neck divers, seven hood divers, two sea gulls were proven to the data as well as with in each case a
Blessralle and a
board duck as well as with a
dwarf diver the dangerous bird flu virus H5N1. To it more than 300 game birds died to artificial lake, which extends to
Thuringia, according to data of the authorities. In the Free State 440 dead birds were examined and of it
106 positively tested, said a speaker of the Ministry of Health in Erfurt. The
last case is only become known on past
Friday in Thuringia. Meanwhile the district one field south resin requested the poultry owners in the areas concerned to absolutely keep preventive measures. So there may be for example no contact with game water birds, animals may not in the free one be fed. In Saxonia-Anhalt at the beginning of of July had been proven the dangerous variant of the bird flu (H5N1) with the investigation of at artificial lake
Kelbra the found dead
hood diver and
black neck diver, in Thuerigen the virus some days before with animals of artificial lake was for the first time determined.
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