Bird flu also appeared in Baranya County in Hungary

The increase in mortality in the fattening turkey colony of about 5,500 in the Szárász settlement in Baranya County raised suspicions among the livestock keepers. The Nébih laboratory confirmed the H5N1 subtype of the virus from the dead animals. The affected staff is being liquidated. The experts designated a protective zone with a radius of 3 km around the farm, and established a surveillance (observation) zone with a radius of 10 km. In addition, due to the rapid spread of the highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic in Bács-Kiskun county, strict measures were necessary. The animal health authority extended the protection and monitoring districts to the entire area of Bács-Kiskun county and to a significant part of Csongrád-Csanád county. In the areas of Csongrád-Csanád county not affected by the restriction, it prohibited the introduction of all exploited waterfowl stock. In addition, within the protection and monitoring areas of the counties of Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád-Csanád, it ...