Avian flu ducks and geese not infected

Avian flu: ducks and geese not infected

01/11/2015

Breathing in Brandenburg: All the fattening ducks and fattening geese that have been tested there for the bird flu virus are not infected. In neighboring Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the situation remains tense. After all white storks have been killed because of bird flu in the Rostock Zoo, the dangerous virus has now been detected in another bird.

Mastards and fattening geese are not infected
In Brandenburg can be breathed: According to a message from the news agency dpa all examined so far on the bird flu virus fattening duck and fattening geese from the state are not infected. The state laboratory Berlin-Brandenburg announced that all results had been negative. It is said that the information related to tests up to and including Thursday. On the eve of Christmas Eve, a nationwide emergency ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture entered into force, which regulates that ducks and geese must be tested for the virus before they are transported to the slaughterhouse. This Federal Ordinance, which is valid until 31 March 2015, aims to reduce the spread of avian influenza.

Bird flu in the Rostock Zoo
From Mecklenburg-Vorpommern there is less good news: After it was reported in recent days that all white storks in the Rostock Zoo were infected with the bird flu virus H5N8 and were killed or killed, the pathogen has now been detected in another animal. Therefore, another 18 birds were killed in the Rostock Zoo because of bird flu. In recent months, the virus subtype H5N8, previously found only in Asia, has been detected in several European countries. A transmission to humans, as it occurred in other pathogens, has not been known. However, other viruses, such as H7N9, have been shown to be transmissible to humans and can cause typical bird flu symptoms, such as fever, cough and sore throat. (Ad)

Picture: Alexandra H.