Hungary culls 40,000 turkeys due to avian flu outbreak

Hungarian authorities have begun culling 40,000 turkeys after detecting an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in the eastern town of Szarvas, the National Office for Food Chain Safety (Nébih) reported Wednesday. "The Nébih laboratory detected the H5N1 strain of avian flu in dead animals," the agency said in a statement. A protection zone and a larger "extended surveillance" zone have been established around the affected farm, where slaughter has already begun, with radii of 3 and 10 kilometers, respectively. An epidemiological investigation has also been launched. "The avian flu virus is present almost ...