Bird flu alarm in Frankfurt: Canadagans with H5N1 discovered!

Bird flu alarm in Frankfurt: Canadagans with H5N1 discovered!

Eschersheim, Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland - in Frankfurt, the high-containing bird flu variant H5N1 was detected in a Canadagans. The goose was found in the Eschersheim district near Nidda. The local veterinary authority urgently asked poultry holders to check and adapt their security measures. In order to avoid spreading the disease, direct or indirect contact between house poultry and wild birds should be avoided. It is also important that food, litter and other objects for wild birds are stored inaccessible. Only water may be used for the potions that wild birds have no contact. The authority points out that the veterinary authority should be contacted in the event of increased mortality. Citizens are also encouraged to report dead or sick animals such as swans, ducks or geese.

like ffh.de , there is always evidence of the virus-subtyps H5N1. The bird flu spreads mainly through wild birds and now appears all year round. An infestation with the highly contagious variant usually leads to the killing of all affected animals in the stock. The Robert Koch Institute has the risk of people to infect bird flu viruses as very low. So far, no infection cases are known in people in Germany, but there are those abroad. There are different forms of the virus worldwide.

measures in Karlsruhe

in Karlsruhe will apply strict measures from next Saturday due to the poultry plague. Around 200 birds from a forest recreation park have already been killed. Poultry holders are obliged to bring their animals, including chickens, turkey, pearl chickens, vineyards, pheasants, pheasants, running birds, quail, ducks and geese, into stables. Poultry exhibitions and markets are prohibited. The controllers recommend organic safety measures, in particular to avoid the contact between birds and wild birds. Feeding places and potions should be protected from wild birds.

like proplanta.de , another zoo in the area and the animal and bird park are also affected. A total of around 100 animals in the Forest Animal and Bird Park are cried, including ostriches, Emus, chickens, pigeons, ducks and geese. Electricity pliers are used for killing the large birds, while smaller animals are stunned with carbon dioxide. However, around 40 animals may stay in stables and must be tested regularly. The parks remain closed for at least 50 days, which could result in significant loss of income. In addition, the animal and bird park plans to give up the keeping of water poultry.

In addition, an infection with H5N1 in a dead stork was found on Wednesday in the Ortenaukreis, which underlines the recurring outbursts of bird flu in Baden-Württemberg. The Karlsruhe Zoo had to close several weeks in 2022 due to an outbreak without infected animals being killed. Bird flu is considered an infectious disease, which occurs primarily in water birds and is taken particularly seriously, since H5N1 is considered a potential pandemic candidate and has killed millions of animals in recent years. People are ill, but there is no persistent human-to-human transmission.

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