About 30 thousand turkeys were destroyed at a poultry farm in the English county of Norfolk due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8. Another 10 thousand birds for the same reason were destroyed a week ago at a poultry farm in North Yorkshire. This was reported on Sunday, December 6, by The Sun newspaper.
As noted in the United Kingdom Department of Environment, Food and Rural Development, seven outbreaks of avian influenza have been recorded in England since the beginning of November, as well as one disease caused by the low pathogenic strain of influenza H5N1. According to veterinarians, the threat to human health “is at an extremely low level,” writes REGNUM.
Meanwhile, from December 14 in Scotland, England and Wales will introduce stricter requirements for entrepreneurs engaged in breeding poultry in order to prevent new outbreaks of the disease, said the 360 ​​TV channel.
As The Sun noted, the further spread of infection and the destruction of turkeys could lead to a shortage of this bird in the UK, where it is the main decoration of the Christmas table.
Outbreaks of bird flu are periodically recorded in the country. So, on November 11, he was found in wild geese and swans in the southwest of England. It is noted that the birds were infected with a virus that has already spread in Europe. Veterinarians have instructed farmers to increase biosecurity measures to prevent disease outbreaks.
On December 2, it was reported that due to the deterioration of the situation with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Rosselkhoznadzor introduced a temporary ban on the import of poultry and poultry products from some EU countries. So, since November 30 it is prohibited to import poultry from Belgium, since December 2 – from a number of regions of Germany.