Avian Influenza H5N8 — Hungary
Cases of the H5N8 strain of the bird flu have been confirmed in 226 farms in Hungary’s southern Bacs-Kiskun and Csongrad counties, leading to the culling of 3.5 million animals, the chief veterinary officer said on Monday [27 Apr 2020].
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 Bognar said. The farmers’ damage totals at several billion forints [one billion Hungarian forints = ca. USD 3
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