2024-09-26 09:44:56
Latest update: 26.09.2024 | 12:44
Avian influenza of the H5N1 strain was discovered in a chicken coop in Moshav Ram On, in the Taanak region of the Gilboa Regional Council. Instead of four chicken coops with about 34,000 birds destined to go to the broiler chicken coop. The Ministry of Agriculture announced a closure within 10 kilometers of the chicken coops.
The Ministry of Agriculture continues to actively monitor all the chicken coops in the region: “We are acting in accordance with the international working procedures of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) regarding the treatment of bird flu, in order to prevent the spread of the disease.”
Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Agriculture discovered an outbreak of bird flu in Moshav Nahalel in the north of the country. Treatment has stopped in the middle of the outbreak. Outbreaks of bird flu in Israel in recent weeks have been occurring at the same time as outbreaks of the disease in other regions of the world. In recent weeks, outbreaks have been reported in France, Germany, Poland, and several countries in the United States. The Ministry of Agriculture emphasizes that this is a global phenomenon related to the migration of birds and is not a local phenomenon.
The Ministry of Agriculture asks breeders of ornamental birds and backyard poultry and free-range chickens, to keep the birds inside buildings, and prevent them from roaming in the open air, which will reduce the risk of infection from wild birds during the migration season.
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