Avian Influenza: Prevention Pays with Virocid
BELGIUM - Bird flu in poultry can be prevented Virocid at 0.25 per cent, says CID Lines.
2 December 2014
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By: Five poultry farms in the Netherlands have been affected with avian influenza, reports the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. Also Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are now taking precautions to prevent further spread of the virus.
The chicken farmers fear a similar disaster as in 2003, when, due to avian influenza (H1N5) about one-third of the total poultry had to be culled in the Netherlands. The direct damage was at that time at least €300 million.
NVWA and the Dutch Institute of Ecology (NIOO) pointed out that they do not know yet how the virus was spread in the Netherlands. It is not known where the virus came from. However, the past few days some suggestions were that migratory birds brought the disease from Asia. Also in Germany and Britain, some cases of avian influenza have been found.
The H5N8 virus cannot infect humans but all poultry must be kept indoors – even for hobbyist poultry keepers.
