Bird Flu Detected at More Farms in Hungary
- 15 Nov 2024 7:39 AM
The H5N1 avian influenza subtype has been identified at a turkey farm in Somogy County, in the southwest of the country, and a goose farm in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in the east, food safety authority Nebih said.
Close to 3,400 turkeys and almost 3,900 geese are being destroyed at the farms around which protection and surveillance zones have been established.
Bird flu outbreaks have been identified across the country.
About H5N1 Bird Flu
Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are natural carriers of bird flu viruses. Scientists suspect that infection can spread from wildfowl to domestic poultry (chickens and turkeys).
Bird flu is mostly a threat to birds and doesn’t spread easily among people, but there was a major outbreak of bird flu in people in 2014.
The very few cases of human-to-human transmission during the 2014 outbreak were among people with very close contact, such as a mother who caught the virus while caring for her sick infant.
The most common kind of bird flu is the H5N1 strain.
More:
wikipedia.org
Source:
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.
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