New outbreaks of bird flu confirmed in Moravia

Two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza were confirmed on Thursday at commercial chicken farms in the Třebíč region in south Moravia. They contain a total of 70,000 poultry.

Already five outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed in commercial poultry farming in Czechia since the beginning of the year.

One of the farms breeds over 13,000 hens that belong to the country’s genetic reserve. The State Veterinary Administration said it was looking into ways of removing the birds from this genetically important breeding stock from culling.