Bird flu in Germany, farms affected with 14,000 turkeys and 30,000 ducks

Disease outbreaks in North Rhine Westphalia and Lower Saxony The epidemic continues. Bird flu has now been officially confirmed on a turkey farm in the district of Oldenburg (Lower Saxony). 14,200 turkeys aged 20 weeks were euthanized due to avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. An avian influenza epidemic was reported for the first time in North Rhine-Westphalia this winter. It hit a company fattening 30,000 ducks in Versmold (Gütersloh district). The Friedrich Löffler Institute (FLI), the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, confirmed the outbreak. The Office of Chemical and Veterinary Investigations ...