In Israel, almost 250,000 chickens were killed by bird flu

Published 2022년 1월 1일

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The article reports a severe outbreak of bird flu in Israel, with one in five wild cranes infected and spreading the virus from the Margaliot Moshe area near the Lebanese border. This region houses 244,000 laying hens across 60 farms, which supply six million eggs monthly for domestic consumption. The rapid spread of the virus was attributed to a lack of real-time mortality reporting among poultry farms, leading to a significant loss of chickens and the decision to cull 320,000 laying hens to curb the outbreak. This outbreak is part of a larger bird flu epidemic that was previously reported in France in November.

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This was reported by RBC-Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, one in five wild cranes living in or migrating through Israel has been infected with the bird flu virus. The virus is thought to have spread from the Margaliot Moshe on the Lebanese border. In this area, 244,000 laying hens are kept on farms in 60 chicken coops. Farms supply six million eggs a month for consumption by Israelis. It is noted that local farmers have not been able to report in real time the increase in mortality among poultry, which led to the rapid spread of the virus. Many chickens died by the time inspectors from the ministry arrived. In one henhouse out of 2000 chickens only 70 ...

Source: Agravery