Bird flu confirmed on farm in Brno area, 12,000 poultry to be killed

An outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed at a turkey farm in the Moravian town of Medlov, south of Brno, Minister of Agriculture Marek Výborný reported on Saturday on the X network. It will be necessary to cull 12,000 turkeys. Firefighters and prisoners will help with the destruction of the farm’s livestock.

This is the tenth outbreak of bird flu in commercial breeding in Czechia this year. On Friday, bird flu was also confirmed at a farm in Nalžovské Hory in the Klatovy area, where it will be necessary to destroy 18,000 domestic and wild ducks, pheasants and partridges.