In Israel, hundreds of thousands of birds will be killed on farms due to an outbreak of bird flu

In Israel, the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus killed wild cranes and then bird farms. As a result, hundreds of thousands of birds will have to be destroyed in the country. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to 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. Read on: A strain of bird flu has been discovered in France It is noted that local farmers have not been able to report in real time the increase in mortality among poultry, which led to the rapid ...