Czech Republic: 2021/2022/2023 H5N1 in poultry

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Bird flu has appeared in the Pilsen region, ducks and laying hens have died
today 16:26
Milan Kilián
Reporter of the Pilsen region

Bird flu has also been newly confirmed in the Pilsen region. The new focus is located in small poultry farming in Ždírec near Blovice in the Plzeň-jih district.

The breeder reported the death of five ducks and 12 laying hens. The State Veterinary Administration informed about it on Wednesday, December 1.

"Poultry before death showed symptoms typical of bird flu, similar symptoms in some living birds. There were originally about 120 poultry in the breeding. The JRC carried out on-the-spot investigations, took samples, took preliminary measures and sent them to the State Veterinary Institute for examination. Avian influenza of the H5N1 subtype was confirmed here, and the pathogenicity of the virus is currently awaited. The remaining poultry in the breeding was killed today, "said veterinarians. They added that, in view of the identified pathogenicity of the virus, a protection and surveillance zone would subsequently be demarcated around the outbreak and emergency veterinary measures would be taken.

The H5N1 bird flu was also newly confirmed in eight dead herons found at the Heřmanický pond in the Českolipsko region.
Lucie O. before the Pilsen City Court.

 

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Bird flu is in other geese Fishing N. Hrady, breeding will probably end
Update: 17.12.2021 18:56 Released: 17.12.2021, 16:34

Nové Hrady (Českobudějovicko) - Veterinarians confirmed bird flu in four other flocks of Rybářství Nové Hrady. They will have to spend about 1,900 birds next week. In November, veterinarians killed around 2,600 birds there. It is the only breeding breed of geese in the Czech Republic with a fifty-year tradition, leaving only one flock with about 200 birds. The company admitted that the breeding, which numbered 5,000 birds, might end. Veterinarians and breeders told ČTK today. Veterinarians kill birds on December 21 and 22. There are four halls, dozens of people will join, including firefighters.

"I'm sorry, because it's fifty years of breeding. We've done everything we can to keep the breeding in our country so that the Czech goose is preserved, so that we don't just depend on imports. But unfortunately, we may have to proceed with the liquidation of the whole breeding, "Lubomír Zvonař, director of Rybářství Nové Hrady, told ČTK.

The H5N1 bird flu was confirmed by veterinarians in four flocks of domestic geese kept on three ponds: Kachní, Jakulský and Velebil pond near Nové Hrady. There are about 1900 geese in the flocks. "The infection was confirmed during the mandatory investigation of poultry kept in isolation in protection zones around previously declared outbreaks of bird flu in the cadastral areas of Byňov and Údolí u Nových Hradů," Petr Veterer, a spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration (SVS), told ČTK today. Veterinarians will extend emergency measures.

In the breeding run by Rybářství Nové Hrady, bird flu was detected for the first time this year on 19 November. Veterinarians gradually spent over 2,600 birds, geese and ducks there. The infection was probably brought there by wild birds.

"If they eliminate it now, there will be no genetic reserve of Czech geese. First they killed our first batch, they were infected young breeding birds, now they will kill parents and grandparents. We will still have one flock with about 200 geese. That cannot be commented. At the same time, the geese do not fall, they are beautiful, closed, but they are holt positive.

According to the President of the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic, Jan Doležal, in the case of Nové Hrady Fisheries, it would be especially difficult to restore breeding. Restoring breeding is generally difficult, he told CTK. According to him, pure genetic lines are not traded and cannot be supplemented from abroad. "In addition, at least three lines are needed for breeding, and after killing the affected flocks, this company will have only one line left, which is now being tested for the presence of the virus," Doležal added.

Breeding is the most important level in the hierarchy of poultry farming. "From these farms, birds destined for the so-called grandparent and parent farms hatch, from which the commercial poultry for fattening is just emerging. The Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic therefore warns breeders that the principles of biological safety should be strictly adhered to, "Doležal added.

The company has not yet counted the damage. It is uncertain whether the breeding will continue. "If it pays off at all, because the economic costs that will be there then are so great that I don't think we will be able to tighten it all up as a company. If we keep the employees, you only have three million in wages, energy only in The farm will go almost a million, not to mention the feed that goes up (in terms of price) and other running costs, to diesel. , and now there will be less than half, just some torso that would remain, so I do not know if we will continue, "Zvonař commented.

The birds are killed by vets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. They agreed with the fire brigade, they acquainted the governor with the situation. The destruction will take two days, because the birds are in three places and in four halls. "The cleansing of the whole environment has to be done, it's a risk of covid. The virus is transmissible to humans, so people could get sick. We have to ensure all safety rules, all people enter the outbreak," the director of the South Bohemian Veterinary Administration told ČTK today. František Kouba. Intervenors must wear FFP3 respirators, goggles and suits. "One flock remains (uninfected), we will do everything we can to keep it," Kouba added.

Veterinarians today confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in small poultry farming in the Strakonice region. There were 60 birds in the village in Řečice, which belongs to Blatná. The Blatenská ryba farm is also in the three-kilometer protection zone.

In southern Bohemia, bird flu was previously confirmed in mid-November, in a small farm in Dolní Lhota near Stráž nad Nežárkou in the Jindřichův Hradec region.

There is a growing number of new outbreaks of bird flu in Europe, both in wild birds and in farms. In the Czech Republic, veterinarians killed

 

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Czech Republic reports bird flu outbreak at farm with 188,000 poultry
Thu, December 23, 2021, 6:47 AM

...Thousands of the birds have died already, the rest will be culled from the farm in Libotenice, 60 km (40 miles) north of Prague, the administration said...

 

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Another outbreak of bird flu: in the aviary breeding of pheasants in the Hodonín region
today 13:48
Petr Turek

Another outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the aviary breeding of pheasants in the Hovoran cadastre. The State Veterinary Administration informed about it on Monday.

During the Christmas holidays, the breeder reported the mass deaths of about a thousand of the approximately 6,000 pheasants kept in the local pheasantry. On-the-spot inspectors carried out investigations. They took samples from the dead birds and sent them to the State Veterinary Institute for examination. "The examination confirmed the H5N1 bird flu virus in dead pheasants. The pathogenicity of the virus is currently awaited, "said Petr Majer, a spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration, adding that the results of the virus's pathogenicity should be available on Tuesday.

The remaining pheasants in the breeding are waiting to be killed in accordance with the legislation. "In view of the identified pathogenicity of the virus, a protection and surveillance zone will be defined around the outbreak and emergency veterinary measures will be taken," the spokesman said. The number of bird flu outbreaks in the Czech Republic is approaching 50 this year. However, the neighbors in Germany and Poland already have hundreds of outbreaks in poultry farms.

The last time in the South Moravian Region was affected by the same subtype of bird flu and small poultry farming in Lednice in the Břeclav region. There, a breeder reported the death of eight hens a month ago.

 

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100,000 hens died in breeding with bird flu in the Litoměřice region
Update: 27.12.2021 17:55 Released: 27.12.2021, 17:13

100,000 hens died in breeding with bird flu in the Litoměřice region
Update: 27.12.2021 17:55 Released: 27.12.2021, 17:13

Libotenice (Litoměřice) - More than 100,000 laying hens died in the large farm in Libotenice in the Litoměřice region, where an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed last week. Last week, there were 188,000 poultry in the halls. Veterinarians will start killing the remaining birds on Tuesday, waiting for several days for the supply of carbon dioxide, which the hens spend. 600,000 eggs also need to be destroyed. Petr Majer, a spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration, told ČTK today. In breeding, they found the H5N1 subtype potentially transmissible to humans.

According to the President of the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic, Jan Doležal, this is about two percent of the laying hen population in the Czech Republic. It should not have a major impact on the market in the country. "Since the first signs of bird flu in this farm, eggs have remained on the farm, so none has entered the market," the president said earlier. The chamber estimates the damage at 20 million crowns.

"It can be expected that the number of deaths will increase by tomorrow (Tuesday) morning," Majer said, adding that the virus variant is very aggressive. "Spending is usually faster, but due to the amount, the problem was that the ordered gas through which the spending takes place was not able to be delivered by suppliers until Tuesday morning," the spokesman explained. By Thursday last week, about 3,000 animals had died in Libotenice. According to him, one hall with hens remained almost empty, in the other three halls units of a thousand laying hens died.

About a kilometer away from the AG Maiwald company, which operates the large farm, there are halls with chickens, which samples are examined by veterinarians, according to Majer. "If there is an infection, unfortunately it will also have to be spent," Majer added.

Veterinarians have defined a three-kilometer protection zone and a ten-kilometer surveillance zone around the farm. In addition to the cadastral area of ​​Libotenice, the protection zone also includes the cadastres of the municipalities in the immediate vicinity, namely Černěves, Hrobce, Rohatce, Chodouny, Lounky, Oleško u Rohatců and Židovice nad Labem.

In Europe, the number of new outbreaks of bird flu is growing in both wild birds and farms. In the Czech Republic this week, veterinarians spent birds from several flocks of Rybářství Nové Hrady, which showed evidence of bird flu. It is the only breeding goose in the Czech Republic. At the request of the breeder, veterinarians selected 420 geese from several lines and flocks, which they will save so far, so that the breeding is preserved. Originally, veterinarians had to spend 1,900 birds. Veterinarians discovered the new outbreak this week in a pheasantry in the Hodonín region, where they will have to kill about 5,000 birds.

 

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The first two outbreaks of bird flu this year are in the Louny and Znojmo regions
04.01.2022
Agriculture Veterinarians have confirmed two more outbreaks of bird flu, the first two outbreaks this year. These are small farms in Bojanovice in the Znojmo region in the South Moravian region and in the village of Blažim in the Louny region in the Ústí region. In both cases, the subtype of the disease was H5N1, which is potentially transmissible to humans, Petr Majer told the State Veterinary Administration (SVS). Last year, veterinarians in the Czech Republic spent almost 330,000 birds, and another hundred thousand died of the disease.
Whole article: https://zemedelec.cz/prvni-dve-letosni-ohniska-ptaci-chripky-jsou-na-lounsku-a-znojemsku/

 

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There is a new outbreak of bird flu in the breeding of wild ducks in the Strakonice region
1/6/2022
Jiří Bydžovský

Veterinarians have confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in a flock of mallard ducks near the village of Hajany in the Strakonice region. There are almost 280 mallards in the breeding. It is a highly pathogenic avian influenza of the H5N1 type, transmissible to humans. Poultry veterinarians spend. The outbreak was detected by veterinarians after inspections related to the outbreak in the village of Řečice, which is part of Blatná.

Veterinarians took samples from 40 breeding ducks during the inspection of farms in the protection zone around the outbreak near Blatná. The State Veterinary Institute in Prague then confirmed that it is the H5N1 bird flu. "The ducks did not show clinical signs, but bird flu is confirmed. There are about 280 mallard ducks. Breeding works similarly to pheasants; before the hunt is released, "said Petr Majer, a spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration.

Veterinarians will define a three-kilometer protection zone and a ten-kilometer surveillance zone around the outbreak, and will introduce emergency measures there.

The outbreak in Blatná was confirmed by veterinarians in mid-December. It was a small poultry farm in the village of Řečice, 60 birds. A small part of them died, the remaining veterinarians spent it. There is also a large-scale farm of the Blatenská ryba company in the local three-kilometer protection zone, where the infection was not proven there.

Bird flu was confirmed in the region last November in the breeding of geese, which is operated by Rybářství Nové Hrady. It is the only breeding breed of geese in the Czech Republic with a fifty-year tradition. The breeding numbered 5,000 birds, and veterinarians gradually killed about 4,100 birds there in November and December. At the request of the breeder, they selected 420 geese from several lines, which they have saved so far, in order to keep the breeding.

 

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There is a new outbreak of bird flu in small poultry farming in the Strakonice region
Friday, January 14, 2022, 5:24 PM

Veterinarians have confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in small poultry farming in the village of Klínovice in the Strakonice region. There were 32 hens, ducks and geese in it, some of them died, the remaining veterinarians spent it. It is a highly pathogenic avian influenza type H5N1, transmissible to humans, it is the fourth outbreak of the disease in the Czech Republic this year. This year's first case of infection in wild birds was confirmed by veterinarians of a swan in Davle, Central Bohemia.

Several large farms belong to the three-kilometer protection zone around the outbreak in Klínovice. The inventory of small farms will have to be made by 37 surrounding municipalities, the director of the South Bohemian Veterinary Administration, František Kouba , said today .

The breeder from Klínovice reported that six out of 32 birds died; three hens, two ducks and one goose. "Veterinary inspectors found other hens and clinical signs typical of bird flu in several living poultry at the site," said Petr Majer , a spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration . vets spent.

There is one large farm in Radomyšl. "Then there is some broiler fattening. There are several halls, we solved it there last spring, one fireplace was also near Radomyšl. We will, in turn, grant exemptions for the movement of eggs, because there is a ban on the movement of all animal products from poultry if it is in protection zones. If they produce eggs there and take them to the sorting plant in Ústí nad Labem, they are under control and with an exception, " Kouba said. The census of small farms will be made by 37 villages.

 

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There is an outbreak of bird flu in the Pardubice region. He has to spend three thousand ducks
today 13:05
Iveta Nádvorníková

Avian flu has appeared in the breeding of Perena ducks in Lipoltice in the Pardubice region. The breeder must spend approximately 3,000 pieces of poultry. This is the fifth outbreak of bird flu in the Czech Republic.

"On Saturday evening, I was informed about a new outbreak of bird flu in the region. The Veterinary Administration has issued an extraordinary measure to liquidate the large-scale poultry farm of Perena Lipoltice," said Governor Martin Netolický.

The original condition in the Lipoltice company was approximately 3,500 poultry, with some already dying due to the H5N1 infection.

On the morning of Monday, January 24, professional firefighters and members of the Center for the Elimination of Veterinary Diseases will start liquidating the farm...

 

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Veterinarians discovered an outbreak of bird flu in a small farm in southern Pilsen
Today, 16:00

The sixth outbreak of bird flu in the Czech Republic was discovered by experts in small poultry farming in Lišice in the southern part of Plzeň. The breeder turned to the crisis line of the State Veterinary Administration (SVS) stating that four turkeys out of four and 14 laying hens out of a total of 42 bred animals died. There were still ten ducks in the breeding.

Veterinarians took samples on site and sent them to the State Veterinary Institute in Prague. "The investigation subsequently confirmed that it is a highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. The remaining poultry in the breeding was killed in accordance with the legislation. Closed zones around the outbreak were defined and extraordinary veterinary measures were taken in them, " said SVS spokesman Petr Vorlíček .

Malochov is located just a few tens of meters from the pond and about 150 meters from the river Úhlava. It is therefore almost certain that the virus has entered breeding from waterfowl. According to veterinarians, it is also not good when breeding is combined. In this case, it was turkeys and ducks. This year is the first outbreak in the Pilsen region. Last year there were four occurrences and there were always small farms

 

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This year's seventh outbreak of bird flu is in small-scale breeding in Masojedy in the Kolín region

2022.02.11 | CTK

This year's seventh outbreak of bird flu in the Czech Republic is in small-scale poultry farming in Masojedy in the Kolín region. The breeder reported to the regional veterinary administration the death of 14 laying hens out of the total number of 40 bred and one of the five ducks. The remaining poultry had to be killed, the spokesman of the State Veterinary Administration Petr Vorlíček told ČTK today. This is the first outbreak of bird flu in the Central Bohemian Region this year.

According to Vorlíček, the veterinary inspectors also took preliminary measures after the on-site inspection, the aim of which was to prevent the spread of the disease outside the farm. They also took samples, which they sent for examination to the State Veterinary Institute in Prague. "The investigation later confirmed that it was the H5N1 bird flu. The remaining poultry in the farm was killed today in accordance with the legislation," the spokesman said...

...The last outbreak of bird flu in the Czech Republic was discovered by veterinarians a few days ago in a small poultry farm in the village of Lišice in the south of Plzeň. The breeder reported the death of four turkeys out of four and 14 laying hens out of 42 reared animals to the crisis line of the State Veterinary Administration. There were ten more ducks in the breeding...