7,400 geese are slaughtered in Hungary due to a new outbreak of bird flu

Hungarian animal health authorities have detected a new outbreak of avian flu in the province of Békés, in the south of the country, which has required the slaughter of 7,400 geese, the agricultural portal agrarszektor.hu reported today. The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has confirmed the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain on a farm near the city of Orosháza. The authorities have established the necessary security measures, such as surveillance and protection zones within a three-kilometer radius. The Nébih has drawn attention to the fact that biosafety standards must be respected in the country, where several outbreaks ...