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HPAI-related cull near 4 mln birds in Asia, Europe
Story Date: 12/7/2016
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Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 12/6/16
Various strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) across Europe and Asia has sent the number of birds culled so far to nearly 4 million, according to regional reports and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The most recent information on the weeks-old outbreaks include:
• South Korea has culled an estimated 3.4 million chickens, ducks and quail since the confirmed outbreak of the H5N6 strain 20 days ago. A total of 69 farms in seven cities or provinces have been affected, according to the Korea Herald. The outbreaks were first reported Nov. 16 and dwarf the 1.8 million birds culled in a 2014 HPAI outbreak.
• Japanese government officials completed the culling of 540,000 chickens at two farms in central Japan that were infected with generic H5 bird flu, according to OIE and Japan Today. Biosecurity measures are being stepped up, including the tightening of restrictions for the movement of poultry near the affected areas.
• In Germany, a total of nearly 50,000 birds have been culled as part of preventative measures to fight the spread of the H5N8 strain of HPAI that already has affected about a dozen European nations within the last six weeks. OIE also reports that the 39 outbreaks reported so far involved a total of 53,000 birds.
• Officials in France confirmed that about 7,000 ducks were culled in the wake of H5N8 outbreaks in southwest France, according to a report in Farming U.K. The situation is being seen as yet another hurdle for poultry and foie gras producers, who are recovering from an avian influenza outbreak in 2015 that involved three strains of H5 HPAI, according to OIE.
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