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    About 20,000 laying hens will be slaughtered in southern Bulgaria due to bird flu

    • Last Update: 2022-10-31
    • Source: Internet
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    MOSCOW (Russian Satellite News Agency) About 20,000 laying hens
    will be destroyed on a farm in southern Bulgaria due to an outbreak of bird flu, according to a local website Haskovo.
    Live citing sources from the state food safety bureau.
     
    The disease broke out
    at a business near the village of Krivo-Pole (Haskovo region).
    Grigory Kurdov, head of the Haskovo Regional Food Safety Authority, said that in addition to slaughtered chickens, eggs produced by sick chickens in the last three weeks will also be removed from retail chains
    .
     
    The Bulgarian news agency (BTA) reported that laying hens were humanely euthanized
    with carbon dioxide (dry ice).
    In total, about 15,000 chickens will be destroyed, and another 4,000-5,000 chickens have died from the disease without the intervention
    of liquidators.
     
    Avian influenza is an infectious disease caused by strains of influenza A viruses and is common
    around the world.
    Many wild birds survive infection with the virus with no obvious signs of health damage, but some wild birds, including poultry, can develop diseases
    that can be transmitted to humans.
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