Egg farms affected by avian flu face up to eight months of shutdown

That is the main concern now for the sector. Since Monday, Spain has increased its protective measures against avian flu.

Egg-laying poultry farms affected by the impact of avian flu face a halt in their activity of up to eight months with the economic losses that this entails, according to industry sources speaking to Efeagro.

Although it is not possible to translate that impact into figures, from the egg sector (the main one affected by the spread of the flu) it has been assured that this is the main concern because the losses from the number of sacrificed hens - more than two million - "are compensated with aid from the EU and Spain as well."

The problem is "having the farm stopped for several months until it can be put back into operation."

That process involves "six to eight months of waiting" because "it is necessary to incubate the eggs that will produce the new chicks, and wait for them to grow so they can start to..."