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Daily News Daily News · 27/04/2020
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Bird flu hits 226 farms in Hungary

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Cases of the H5N8 strain of the bird flu have been confirmed in 226 farms in Hungary’s southern Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád counties, leading to the culling of 3.5 million animals, the chief veterinary officer said on Monday.

In areas where farms stood too close to each other, 870,000 poultry had to be culled to thin the stock and stop the virus from spreading, Lajos Bognár said.

The farmers’ damage totals at several billion forints, he said.

Facilities operating in line with the relevant regulations are eligible for damages from the state, Bognar said, adding that many have been found to flout a January decree to keep the animals in closed facilities at all times.

Bognár noted that

bird flu was typically brought into the country by migratory birds, hence the ban on open-air poultry farming.

H5N8 first appeared in Asia in 2014, when it developed into a pandemic. It last appeared in Hungary in 2016-2017.

As we wrote in January, the H5N8 bird flu virus has been detected at a farm outside Ács, in Komárom-Esztergom county, details here.

Source: MTI

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  1. Paulus says:
    28/04/2020 at 03:17

    I presume that the ban on open air poultry farming is why it is hard to find free range chicken here in Budapest. I had assumed that it was because as with so much else, there is a poor selection of meat compared to the West.

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