Agriculture – Freiburg im Breisgau – Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald: Measures against avian influenza – economy

Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – After the outbreak of avian influenza in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, strict measures have been in place in the region since Saturday to prevent the epidemic from spreading. According to the District Office in Freiburg, poultry, for example, may only be kept in closed stalls or under a secure, tight cover. All poultry farmers must report the number of animals and the type of keeping to their location “immediately” to the veterinary office. “Held birds, mammals, meat from poultry and game birds, eggs and other products and animal by-products originating from poultry and game birds may not be brought into or from a herd with kept birds, feed may not be brought from such a herd”, it said.

The district office also published a map with a narrower restricted area and a wider observation area. This includes parts of the communities of St. Märgen, Buchenbach, Breitnau and the city of Titisee-Neustadt. The stricter rules apply here; the requirements for the observation area are somewhat looser. According to the information, the so-called general order remains in force until the veterinary office declares the end of the epidemic.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture in Stuttgart announced that pullets from a rearing farm affected by avian influenza in North Rhine-Westphalia had been delivered to numerous small holdings in several districts in the southwest. The animal disease is also called bird flu. According to experts, it is safe for humans. There are also no known transmissions to other animals such as cats or dogs.

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