65,000 poultry to be culled in Hungary soon – here is why

Hungary’s food safety authority (NÉBIH) has detected bird flu infections in poultry farms in Békés and Csongrád-Csanád counties, in southern and south-eastern Hungary, the authority said on Wednesday.

The authority inspected geese farms in Mezőkövácsháza, Tótkomlós and Nagybánhegyes after reports of rising death rates. The cull of a total of 65,000 poultry has already started, the authority said.

At the same time, the infection is also expected to spread further in Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, Nébih said.

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According to epidemic regulations, feed and water must be stored in closed containers and poultry must be kept indoors in high-risk areas, Nébih noted.

Source: MTI