Close to 230,000 animals were slaughtered with bird flu, and producers in Portugal did not ask for support

Source: visao.sapo.pt/Lusa Close to 230,000 animals have already been slaughtered due to bird flu, but producers have not yet claimed compensation under the new order, the Ministry of Agriculture told Lusa. According to the latest data from the Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV), made available by the executive, at least 228,470 animals were slaughtered after being infected by the bird flu virus. These include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, seagulls and pheasants. Portugal already has more than 15 outbreaks of bird flu infection, detected in the districts of Leiria, Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal, Beja and Faro. The first case was confirmed on November 30, 2021, in a domestic poultry house in the municipality of Palmela, Setúbal. On February 15, the Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, signed an order that updates the system for calculating compensation for the slaughter of animals in the poultry sector, due to the outbreak of avian influenza, ...