Gert van der Hoek
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Avian flu reaches Thuringia
In Thuringia, there is a first confirmed case of H5N8 bird flu variant. How the Health Ministry announced on Monday imposed a mallard in the territory of Aulebener ponds in the district of Nordhausen was infected with the avian influenza also called animal disease. The duck was shot on January 6, to monitor wild bird populations in Thuringia. The Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection had then found that the bird was infected with the avian influenza subtype H5. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) of the Federal've announced on Monday, if it were dangerous variant H5N8.
A female mallard duck.According to Ministry statistics are now sampled in all domestic poultry around the area where the downed duck. This is to ensure that the virus has already been einschleppt in domestic poultry. Larger poultry farms do not exist in this region. Also within three kilometers, where the poultry is now placed under observation, there are no large-scale enterprises. A goose breeders from pegs on the helmets said MDR TH?RINGEN, its 200 geese were all sold at Christmas.In the field of Aulebener ponds Poultry shall not since November from the stable to reduce the risk of infection.
Next suspected case is examined
The Ministry of Social Affairs can also currently still investigating another bird flu suspected case with a H7N9 virus but not related to the Fund in Auleben.
Avian influenza is a particularly severe clinical picture of animal disease. It affects poultry and other birds. So far, the experts believe that H5N8 to humans is not dangerous. In Germany H5N8 occurred before the Thuringian case already in Mecklenburg-Vorpommer, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. It is unclear whether the transfer to wild birds or poultry feed and trade took place.
Last Updated: January 12, 2015
