Croatia - Avian Flu detected in poultry - November 2020

[Gert van der Hoek]

Zagreb - The presence of bird flu, subtype H5N8, has been registered in Croatia.

The presence of this type of flu was registered on a farm of fattened turkeys in the area of Koprivnica-Križevci County.

As it was announced, further laboratory analyzes will determine which group of pathogenicity the virus belongs to (high or low pathogenic virus).

The virus found belongs to the H5N8 subtype, which has not yet been determined to cause infection in humans, ie to have a zoonotic potential.

The farm has been placed under the supervision of the veterinary inspection of the State Inspectorate and actions are currently being taken to establish the facts important for determining further measures on the farm itself as well as in Croatia.

Another source: https://www.agroklub.com/stocarstvo...skoj-pod-nadzor-stavljena-farma-purana/64507/

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Increased mortality was observed on the commercial fattening turkey farm in Delovi (municipality: Novigrad Podravski) in the county: Koprivnica- Križevci with approx. 70 000 animals, on November 17, 2020.

Samples were taken and sent to Croatian Veterinary Institute- Poultry Centre in Zagreb. Avian influenza- subtype H5N8 was detected in the pooled samples.

On November 21, 2020 HPAI subtype H5N8 is confirmed. Implementation of disease control measures according to the Directive 2005/94/EC as well as epidemiological investigation is still ongoing.