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A possible case of bird flu forces thousands of birds to be slaughtered in Lleida
H5N1
The Department of Climate Action of the Generalitat de Catalunya has initiated the protocol pending the confirmation of the counter-analysis of the Ministry of Health
The Vanguard
10/02/2023 10:43 Updated on 10/02/2023 10:53
The Department of Climate Action of the Government of Catalonia is investigating a possible case of bird flu (H5N1) in a turkey farm in Arbeca, in the province of Lleida.
As the department has confirmed to the ACN agency, the possibility of a positive in the farm has led the department to initiate the protocol that dictates the preventive sacrifice of all farm birds within a radius of 3 kilometers from the one that has been detected the case
At the moment, it is expected that the Ministry of Health will make public the results of a counter-analysis. Until now, the last case of H5N1 in Catalonia was detected in a farm in the province of Girona in 2017. Since then, the only cases that have been confirmed in the territory have been of wild fauna. It should be remembered that this disease is not transmitted to humans through the consumption of poultry meat or their eggs....
A possible case of bird flu forces thousands of birds to be slaughtered in Lleida
H5N1
The Department of Climate Action of the Generalitat de Catalunya has initiated the protocol pending the confirmation of the counter-analysis of the Ministry of Health
The Vanguard
10/02/2023 10:43 Updated on 10/02/2023 10:53
The Department of Climate Action of the Government of Catalonia is investigating a possible case of bird flu (H5N1) in a turkey farm in Arbeca, in the province of Lleida.
As the department has confirmed to the ACN agency, the possibility of a positive in the farm has led the department to initiate the protocol that dictates the preventive sacrifice of all farm birds within a radius of 3 kilometers from the one that has been detected the case
At the moment, it is expected that the Ministry of Health will make public the results of a counter-analysis. Until now, the last case of H5N1 in Catalonia was detected in a farm in the province of Girona in 2017. Since then, the only cases that have been confirmed in the territory have been of wild fauna. It should be remembered that this disease is not transmitted to humans through the consumption of poultry meat or their eggs....
