Bulgaria reports bird flu outbreak at industrial farms

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Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-04/30/content_78195583.htm

Bulgaria reports 4 bird flu outbreaks in one town
Xinhua, April 30, 2022

SOFIA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) on Friday confirmed four outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) Type A virus, all of them in one town.

The agency said on its website that the virus was detected in two duck farms, one hen farm and one broiler farm in the town of Slavyanovo, northern Bulgaria.

A total of more than 160,000 poultry are raised at the four farms, the BFSA said, adding that the suspicion of the disease arose due to the increased mortality...

 

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Immediate notification
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with), Bulgaria
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General Information

COUNTRY OR ZONE
ZONE

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

STARTED ON
09-06-2022

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5

CONFIRMED ON
09-06-2022

REASON
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
10-06-2022

LAST OCCURRENCE
27-01-2022

Epidemiology
down
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
The outbreak occurred in a mule ducks farm in Stefanovo village, Dobrich region after conducting a passive surveillance programme.
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Outbreaks

ob_103968 - Bulgaria

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
09-06-2022

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
The outbreak occurred in a mule ducks farm in Stefanovo village, Dobrich region after conducting a passive surveillance programme.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Bulgaria

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Dobrich

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Dobrich

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 43.4977

Long : 27.8377


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Birds NEW Animal 3200 - - - - -
TOTAL Animal 3200 - - - - -
- NEW Animal 3200 - - - - -
TOTAL Animal 3200
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https://wahis.woah.org/#/report-info?reportId=55494

 

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Source: https://english.news.cn/20221022/2a9c2277c2804d20bbeaf42f441e9935/c.html

Bird flu outbreak reported at Bulgarian farm
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2022-10-22 01:12:00

SOFIA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency reported on Friday an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) Type A virus at an industrial farm.

The virus was detected on a farm for laying hens in the village of Krivo Pole, in Haskovo region, the agency said in a statement...

 

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Source: https://kfgo.com/2022/10/24/bulgaria-to-cull-19000-hens-to-contain-bird-flu-outbreak/


Bulgaria to cull 19,000 hens to contain bird flu outbreak
Fargo, ND, USA / The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO
Thomson Reuters
Oct 24, 2022 | 7:50 AM

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will begin culling about 19,000 laying hens on an industrial farm in the south of the country on Monday after detection of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, the regional food safety authorities said.

This is the third outbreak at the farm in the village of Krivo Pole, near the city of Haskovo, in the past three years, the head of the regional food safety agency told reporters...

 

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REPORT PREVIEW
Bulgaria - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Immediate notification
GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

EVENT ID
4672

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
Untyped or partially typed

START DATE
2022/10/20

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2022/06/23

CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/10/19

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_157581

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2022/10/24

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment

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NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_108037 - BULGARIA
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

START DATE
2022/10/20

END DATE
-

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Haskovo

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Haskovo

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

LOCATION
bulgaria

Latitude, Longitude
41.8317 , 25.7012

(Approximate location)
OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
laying hens

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Birds (DOMESTIC)
NEW19000 240 240---
TOTAL19000 240 240-
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https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4672