In Israel, outbreaks of bird flu were detected on two more turkey farms

In Israel, outbreaks of pathogenic bird flu H5N1 were detected on two more turkey farms in the country. The first outbreak occurred among 25,000 turkeys in three cooperatives on a farm in the village of Magal near the barrier wall built by Israel in the occupied West Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement, siasat reported. Follow the news in a convenient format: Follow us on Twitter The second outbreak was detected among 25,000 turkeys for breeding at three cooperatives in the southern village of Beer Tuvia, the ministry was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency. With the last two turkey farms, bird flu outbreaks have been reported in nine poultry farms across Israel in recent weeks. The ministry urged breeders to keep birds indoors to reduce the risk of infection from wild birds, and quarantined all chicken coops within a 10km radius of the last two outbreaks. It was also urged to buy poultry meat and eggs only from regulated outlets, to ...