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Norway suspects bird flu found at second farm

cde.news desk 16 November 2021, 20:00 · 1 min read

epa04530794 (FILE) Japanese health authorities collect blood samples from chickens at a quarantined farm following an outbreak of bird flu in Miyazaki province, in this handout photo released by Miyazaki Prefectural Government 17 January 2007. Authorities culled about 4,000 chickens in south-western Japan early 16 December 2014 after a highly pathogenic strain of H5 avian influenza was found in three birds, local media reported. Miyazaki prefectural officials culled all the chickens at a farm in Nobeoka city, the country's top poultry producing region, the Kyodo News agency reported. The local government told nearby poultry farms to restrict the movements of livestock. EPA/MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL USE ONLY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Norway reported on Tuesday a suspected outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a second farm, just days after the country’s first confirmed case led to a cull of some 7,000 poultry.

The two farms are neighbours in the Rogaland county of south-west Norway, a key farming region, the country’s Food Safety Authority said in a statement.

The poultry on the second farm will also be slaughtered, and a curfew has been placed on all domestic birds in the area, it added.

Several outbreaks in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again, putting the poultry industry on alert.

via Reuters

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