Germany - Avian influenza in wild birds - 2020

[Gert van der Hoek]

10/30/2020

Bird flu detected in Germany


Avian influenza has been detected in wild birds in North Friesland and Hamburg. Poultry farmers have to house their stocks in poultry houses.

Kiel / Hamburg. Avian influenza has occurred in wild birds in North Friesland and Hamburg. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Greifswald has confirmed the cases, said the Ministry of Agriculture in Kiel and the Hamburg consumer protection authority on Friday. Now the poultry farmers in the district of North Friesland have to move their stocks into stables.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Bird flu detected in the common buzzard

October 31, 2020

On the island of R?gen, the avian flu pathogen has been detected in a common buzzard.

As a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture announced in Schwerin, the H5N5 virus was found in the blood of the dead animal. The avian influenza had already been detected yesterday in wild birds in North Friesland and Hamburg.

 

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Oct 31, 2020Press release No. 216/2020

Cases of avian influenza detected

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) informs that avian influenza has been detected in a wild duck in Hamburg, a common buzzard in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and various wild birds in Schleswig-Holstein. This is what the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) confirmed on Friday. So far it has only been a matter of individual cases.


The FLI had already pointed out at the beginning of October that migratory birds could also become infected with avian influenza among wild birds in autumn and that the risk of their entry into Germany was high.

The competent authorities of the federal states are now called upon to closely monitor the situation and to intensify monitoring measures with regard to dead or sick wild birds.

Poultry farmers are also asked to take precautionary measures and monitor their stocks.

The local authority responsible for animal disease control decides on the specific measures.

The BMELpoints out: Even if the virus types H5N8 and H5N5 detected in these cases are not yet known to be transmitted to humans, dead birds should not be touched, also to prevent the pathogen from spreading. In principle, the general hygiene and protective measures when handling poultry and wild birds must be consistently followed.

With the outbreak of avian influenza in wild birds, there are no restrictions on trade.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

First cases of "avian flu" in wild birds in Northern Germany - high risk of further spread and introduction into poultry populations

11/02/2020


FLI advises checking the biosafety of poultry holdings, and the population should report dead wild birds

Riems Island, November 2nd, 2020. In Germany, on October 30th, 2020 cases of infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) / bird flu of subtype H5 were detected in wild birds almost simultaneously on the North and Baltic Sea coasts and in Hamburg.

These events were preceded by a series of outbreaks in poultry and wild birds in Russia and Kazakhstan since the end of July and in Israel and the Netherlands in mid and late October 2020.

The risk of further inputs from to Germany, the spread in water bird populations and the introduction into German poultry holdings and bird populations in zoological institutions through direct and indirect contact with wild birds is rated as high. The virus types identified have not yet been detected in humans. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) advises Immediately intensify monitoring measures with regard to dead or sick wild birds and check and, if necessary, optimize the biosecurity in the poultry farms.

Contact between poultry and wild birds should be avoided at all costs. The current risk assessment of the FLI provides further information.


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[Gert van der Hoek]

Kiel

Nine more avian influenza cases in Schleswig-Holstein

November 2nd, 2020


Avian influenza is also spreading in Schleswig-Holstein. After the first cases in the neighboring district of North Friesland were confirmed on October 30, nine more wild birds have now died of avian flu in Dithmarschen and in neighboring North Friesland - including a sea eagle in the North Friesland district, as a spokesman for the Ministry of Environment announced on Monday evening. In addition to the avian influenza subtype H5N8, another subtype H5N5 was detected, which circulates in parallel in the wild bird population.

The ministry received a corresponding confirmation on Monday from the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the national reference laboratory for avian influenza.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Avian Plague: around 1000 dead wild birds discovered on the beach in North Frisia

After a high tide, around 1,000 dead wild birds - mainly barnacle geese - were discovered on a six-kilometer stretch of beach in the district of North Friesland. It can be assumed that the animals died of avian influenza.


See also: https://www.rtl.de/cms/gefluegelpest-in-nordfriesland-etwa-1000-tote-wildvoegel-4643897.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Avian influenza: 30 new cases in Schleswig-Holstein

After the first case in a farm became known on Thursday, the numbers of wild birds are also increasing.

The avian influenza in Schleswig-Holstein continues to spread. The number of detected infections in wild birds in the state has increased by 30 new cases. The Ministry of Agriculture announced on Saturday in Kiel that there was now a total of 75 positive records in wild birds in the country. According to the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, bird flu was found in wild geese, wild ducks, curlews, an oystercatcher and several seagulls.

The Schleswig-Holstein State Office for Coastal Protection, National Park and Marine Protection has counted more than 2,700 dead wild birds since the start of the event. The number of birds found dead has almost doubled within two days, the ministry said. A first case for the Steinburg district has now been confirmed. The district will now order stables in certain areas, it said.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

19 more bird flu cases confirmed on R?gen


Bird flu is detected in more and more wild birds on the Baltic Sea island of R?gen. A total of three subtypes have been identified so far. People are also at risk.

Avian influenza has been detected in 19 other wild birds on the island of R?gen . This increases the number of identified bird flu cases​

to 25, as a spokesman for the district of Vorpommern-R?gen said on Saturday in Stralsund of the dpa. A special feature of these cases is that almost all of them were shot as part of wild bird monitoring. Only two animals - a seagull and a buzzard - have so far been found dead.​

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According to the district, the animals examined by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) were found to have subtypes H5N5 and H5N8 as well as the subtype H5N1, which was detected in numerous wild birds on R?gen in 2006 during the avian influenza episode can be transferred to humans.​