Bird flu detected in Bekes County
H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Bekes County, in south-eastern Hungary, the national food safety authority (Nebih) said on Monday, after the virus was confirmed in a sample taken from a poultry farm in Oroshaza 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 Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrad-Csanad; Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg; Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Bacs-Kiskun and Hajdu-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, Nebih noted.