Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
The avian influenza virus continues to spread in Germany. At the turn of the year, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) again confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N8 in Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony and Baden-W?rttemberg.
In the municipality of Garrel in the district of Cloppenburg, turkey husbandry with around 13,300 roosters and 13,300 hens that are around 9 weeks old were last affected (January 5, 2021) and, for the first time, fattening ducks with around 17,000 animals that are 35 days old . The killing of the livestock was ordered.
In the municipality of Garrel in the district of Cloppenburg, turkey husbandry with around 13,300 roosters and 13,300 hens that are around 9 weeks old were last affected (January 5, 2021) and, for the first time, fattening ducks with around 17,000 animals that are 35 days old . The killing of the livestock was ordered.
