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About 100 cranes died from the bird flu in the Hula Valley, the virus was discovered on a large poultry farm
"The situation is just awful," said a man well acquainted with the field. "Every morning we see more and more cranes that just do not take off from the water, and know that their fate is doomed." At the same time, the virus was discovered in a group of chicken coops with 244,000 laying hens in Moshav Margaliot.
The bird flu among the cranes in the sick reedbed is spreading, and today (Sunday) the Jewish National Fund, which operates the reedbed, announced that the site will be closed in the coming days for safety reasons. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that the virus had also been detected in a coop in Moshav Margaliot on the northern border, where 244,000 chickens were kept. It is possible that all the hundreds of thousands of chickens will be killed, as the procedure in such cases requires.
The JNF and the Ministry of Agriculture did not provide exact numbers, but Ynet has learned that the number of dead cranes exceeds 100, and hundreds of birds have fallen ill...
...The disease was discovered last week, after a number of birds died and were sent for testing. An inspection by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture revealed that it is a H5N1 strain that may - in low probability and in circumstances of proximity - also infect humans. Upon receipt of the notice, the JNF announced the cessation of patrols in the hiding carts. Now, as stated, the Jewish National Fund has announced that it is closing the site, until a different decision is made.
At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that a flu virus of the H5N1 strain was detected in Moshav Margaliot near the Lebanese border. There are 244,000 laying hens in the poultry collection. The veterinary services at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development isolated the farm, stopped the marketing of the eggs, both from the chicken coop and from the sorting stations that picked up eggs from the compound, and began preparatory work to treat the outbreak center. The veterinary services carry out active monitoring of all the poultry farms in the area. The Ministry of Agriculture stated that these are chicken coops that market about 6 million eggs a month in the local market (out of a market of about 200 million eggs consumed a month in Israel)...
