Outbreak of bird flu in the UK

The British Veterinary Agency on November 13 confirmed deadly bird flu broke out in the eastern part of the country. This is considered the latest loss to the island nation's fog farm industry.

Vice leader of Animal Health Department Fred Landeg said the bird flu virus in the country of the H5N1 strain had once raged in Asia. It is closely related to the bird flu virus in the Czech Republic and Germany last summer.

Earlier this week, the British authorities ordered the destruction of more than 6,000 poultry at the farm near Diss, Suffolk county after 100 turkeys and 80 other birds died of influenza infection.The number of destroyed poultry includes 5,000 turkeys, more than 1,000 ducks and 500 geese.

According to Landeg, the local authorities set up a control area with a radius of 3km and a surveillance area with a radius of 10km around the farm in Suffolk, where an H5N1 outbreak appeared once a month. 2. In addition, the veterinary agency also applies wide-ranging preventive measures, including the ban on transport and organization of poultry trade fairs.

The avian influenza epidemic is considered to be the latest disaster that the British farm industry suffered after authorities discovered foot and mouth disease in cattle for the first time in six years. August and recently cases of blue tongue disease (Bluetongue).

Ireland immediately issued a ban on the import of poultry from Britain. Ireland's Agriculture Minister, Mary Coughlan, said a similar ban was also applied in British-administered Northern Ireland to prevent the onslaught of the deadly flu epidemic on the entire island.

H5N1 virus mainly causes disease in Asia and some areas in Africa. However, last month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the virus could spread to poultry in Europe through ducks and geese that appear healthy.

In addition to Indonesia and Vietnam, the number of deaths due to bird flu is also recorded in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Iraq, Laos, Nigeria, Thailand and Turkey. Indonesian authorities have confirmed a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island died last week because of H5N1 infection, raising the total number of bird flu deaths in the country to 91.

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