Hundreds of thousands of chickens will be killed in Israel

Published Dec 28, 2021

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A severe outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Israel has led to the decision to cull hundreds of thousands of laying hens in the Margaliot area, near the Lebanese border. The virus has also infected one in five wild cranes in the country. The rapid spread of the disease has been exacerbated by a lack of real-time reporting of deaths on poultry farms. As a result, 320,000 laying hens are set to be destroyed to curb the spread of the virus, affecting farms that supply six million eggs to Israelis each month.

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Hundreds of thousands of birds will be killed on farms in Israel due to an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu. This was reported by the Times of Israel. 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 said 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. 320,000 laying hens are to be destroyed in the Margaliot area in the coming days. Local farmers have been unable to report real-time deaths in poultry, leading to the rapid spread of ...

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