Protection and surveillance zones have been established around the farm in Kaposvár and around 39,000 turkeys have been destroyed.

The authority added, however, that restrictions in a large part of the country could soon be lifted.

Bird Flu Detected In E Hungary

The H5N1 avian influenza subtype has been identified at a pheasant farm in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nébih said.

Protection and surveillance zones have been established around the farm in Abádszalók and around 7,000 pheasants are being destroyed.

Bird Flu Identified in NW Hungary

The national food chain safety office (Nébih) on Wednesday confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus at a turkey farm in the county of Győr-Sopron, in north-western Hungary.

A 3km protection zone as well as a 10km observation zone were established after the virus subtype H5N1 was detected at the farm in Bőny, Nébih said.

The stocks in question, 26,500 turkeys, are in the process of being destroyed and an epidemiological investigation is under way, the authority said.

Bird Flu Identified in N And S Hungary

The national food chain safety office (Nébih) has confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in the county of Komárom-Esztergom, in northern Hungary, and in Békés County, a county hitherto free of the virus in the south-east.

The stocks in question, 51,400 turkeys in the north of the country where H5N1 was identified and 7,500 geese in the south, are in the process of being destroyed and an epidemiological investigation is under way, Nébih said.

A protection zone with a radius of 3km apply around the farms as well as a 10km observation zone.

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Highly Pathogenic Bird Flue Detected in Hungary

H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Békés County, in south-eastern Hungary, the national food safety authority (Nébih) said on Monday, after the virus was confirmed in a sample taken from a poultry farm in Orosháza rearing 7,400 mallard geese, which are in the process of being destroyed.

An epidemiological investigation to reveal the cause of the outbreak is also under way, and a 3km radius observation zone has been demarcated around the farm.

H5N1 has already appeared in the counties of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád-Csanád; Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg; Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplen, Bács-Kiskun and Hajdú-Bihar.

The mandatory confinement of poultry only applies in high-risk counties, while indoor feeding and drinking, as well as the storage of feed and litter, is required in closed places nationwide, Nébih noted.

Highly Pathogenic Strand of Bird Flu Detected in Hungary

H5N1 bird flu has been identified at a turkey farm in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nébih said on Thursday. Protection and surveillance zones have been established around the farm in Tiszakürt and a process is under way to destroy 3,600 turkeys.

The food safety authority Nébih has detected a highly pathogenic strand of bird flu in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Bács-Kiskun counties, in north-east and southern Hungary, respectively, the authority said.

The H5N1 strand was identified in a 6,000-head goose farm in Tiszabábolna, where the authorities have already started to cull the animals.

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Culling started on Tuesday at a duck farm in Petőfiszállás keeping 7,100 animals, the statement said.

The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been detected in samples from a duck farm in Tiszadob, in north-eastern Hungary, the national food safety authority (Nébih) said.

Under instructions from the authority, some 51,000 birds at the farm will be culled, while a protective zone within a 3km radius around the farm has been established. 

Animals within a 10 km radius of the farm will be observed, Nébih said.

The authority has also launched an investigation as to the origin of the H5N1 virus detected on the farm. It noted that the low pathogenic H5N2 virus had earlier been detected in southern Hungary.

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A highly pathogenic strand of bird flu, H5N1, was detected at a duck farm in Hajdúnánás, in eastern Hungary, food safety authority Nébih said.

Culling has already started at the farm keeping 22,500 animals, Nébih said.

Nébih has called on farmers to adhere to epidemiological regulations and keep the animals in enclosed spaces in at-risk locations.

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