Liquidation of hens at farms hit by bird flu completed
By ČTK / Published 16 July 2007
Kosorin, East Bohemia, July 14 (CTK) - The culling and liquidation of hens at the farms in Netreby and Kosorin, both east Bohemia, that were hit by the H5N1 bird flu virus strain that is dangerous to man as well has ended, Vendula Horakova told CTK today.
Horakova, spokeswoman for the firefighters rescue corps of Pardubice Region, said that the culling of 55,000 hens in Kosorin ended at 4:00 CEST today.
Some 17,000 hens in Netreby were liquidated by yesterday morning already.
Some 10,000 healthy turkeys and 55,000 broilers in Loucky and of 3,000 turkeys in Zarecka Lhota, both situated within a three kilometre zone around the infection hotbed, will be culled today.
Litter in all farms concerned will be disinfected after which a 30-day quarantine period will start to run.
Czech vets detected this year's first bird flu case on June 20 at the Tisova farm, east Bohemia.
One week later the H5N1 virus was detected at another poultry farm, situated four kilometres away from Tisova.
By ČTK / Published 16 July 2007
Kosorin, East Bohemia, July 14 (CTK) - The culling and liquidation of hens at the farms in Netreby and Kosorin, both east Bohemia, that were hit by the H5N1 bird flu virus strain that is dangerous to man as well has ended, Vendula Horakova told CTK today.
Horakova, spokeswoman for the firefighters rescue corps of Pardubice Region, said that the culling of 55,000 hens in Kosorin ended at 4:00 CEST today.
Some 17,000 hens in Netreby were liquidated by yesterday morning already.
Some 10,000 healthy turkeys and 55,000 broilers in Loucky and of 3,000 turkeys in Zarecka Lhota, both situated within a three kilometre zone around the infection hotbed, will be culled today.
Litter in all farms concerned will be disinfected after which a 30-day quarantine period will start to run.
Czech vets detected this year's first bird flu case on June 20 at the Tisova farm, east Bohemia.
One week later the H5N1 virus was detected at another poultry farm, situated four kilometres away from Tisova.