Many poultry farmers remember last winter the terrible wave of bird flu in Europe. Now the situation is developing even more dramatically, and winter is yet to come, warns the German publication Agrarheute.com. Nearly 40,000 laying hens were killed As society reports on the development of the coronavirus pandemic, another storm is brewing. To a large extent, it goes unnoticed. We are currently experiencing the strongest epidemic of avian influenza in Germany and Europe, according to the Friedrich Lofler Institute (FLI). There are new cases every day, and not only in wild birds. Its end is not in sight, with countries affected ranging from Finland and the Faroe Islands to Ireland, from Russia to Portugal, the researchers added. There are also reports from Canada, India, and East Asia. The outlook for the coming winter weeks is not good, according to the Federal Animal Health Research Institute. The dominant strain this year is bird flu H5N1. H5N8 is also found to a small extent. H5N1 is considered potentially dangerous to humans.

Many poultry farmers remember last winter with the terrible wave of bird flu in Europe. Now the situation is developing even more dramatically, and winter is yet to come, warns the German publication Agrarheute.com. Nearly 40,000 laying hens were killed While the society is working on reports on the development of the coronavirus pandemic, another storm is swirling. To a large extent, it goes unnoticed. We are currently experiencing the strongest epidemic of avian influenza in Germany and Europe, according to the Friedrich Lofler Institute (FLI). There are new cases every day, and not only in wild birds. Its end is not in sight, with countries affected ranging from Finland and the Faroe Islands to Ireland, from Russia to Portugal, the researchers added. There are also reports from Canada, India and East Asia. The outlook for the coming winter weeks is not good, according to the Federal Animal Health Research Institute. The dominant strain this year is bird flu H5N1. H5N8 is also ...

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