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Bird Flu Spreads Fast in Europe and Asia, Poultry Industry Alert

The OIE said South Korea had reported an outbreak of bird flu on the farm of about 770,000 poultry in Chungcheongbuk-do. As a result, all the animals were slaughtered.

Not only that, in Asia, Japan also reported the first bird flu outbreak of winter 2021 at a poultry farm in the northeast of the country. The OIE has confirmed that from the Japanese ministry of agriculture, the serotype of this outbreak is H5N8.

In Europe, Norway reported an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in the Rogaland region in 7,000 birds.

Outbreaks of bird flu generally occur in the fall, spread by migratory wild birds. The Belgian government has ordered poultry to be kept indoors, as a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain was identified in wild geese near Antwerp.

Author: Alicia Salsabila

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