34,000 birds culled in bird flu outbreak in Romania
Romania has reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a farm in the south of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.
The outbreak in the town of Oinacu near the Bulgarian border killed 6,770 birds and led to the slaughter of the rest of the flock of nearly 34,000 animals, the Paris-based body said, quoting information from Romania’s health authorities (ANSVA).
Restrictions on the movement of birds, persons, means of transport and feed were imposed on the farm. The entire flock of birds has been euthanized, the resulting by-products together with officially retained eggs, feed debris, bedding and all that could be a source of infection has been destroyed by neutralization, according to the legal provisions, so as to avoid any risk of spreading the virus. Subsequently, the entire surface of the holding is to be disinfected. A protection zone within a radius of 3 km and a surveillance zone within a radius of 10 km have been delimited around the outbreak. Restrictions will be maintained in these areas for at least 30 days, ANSVSA announced.
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