7,000 chickens are euthanized due to suspicion of bird flu in Klepp – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority reports this on Thursday evening. – We are killing the crew on suspicion this evening. We do this to prevent infection and out of concern for animal welfare, says Hege Robberstad, communications advisor at the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The suspicion came because of several dead and weak animals. The hens are of the hatching-egg herd type, i.e. hens that lay eggs that will become broiler chickens when they grow up. – The herd has been banded, samples have been taken and sent for analysis. Test results will come tomorrow, says regional director Lise Petterson, according to a press release from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The herd with suspected bird flu is in Klepp and within the surveillance zone for another bird disease, Newcastle disease. Photo: Norwegian Food Safety Authority In both 2020 and 2021 there was bird flu in Rogaland. In 2020, wild birds were killed. In late autumn 2021, bird flu was detected for the first time in a commercial poultry farm. The restrictions lasted until 2022 were well under way. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority clarifies that it is rare for humans and other animals to become infected with bird flu virus (AI). The risk of infection to humans is assessed as low. The symptoms of the herd that will be euthanized on Thursday can be both Newcastle disease and bird flu. Therefore, the testa is expensive for both. The main suspicion is bird flu, because the herd tested negative for Newcastle disease earlier in October. Newcastle disease was discovered on Jæren in September. As a rule, it leads to serious illness and death, and both domesticated and wild birds can be affected. The risk of infection to humans is nevertheless very low, and it should be safe to eat eggs and poultry meat. There is also suspicion of Newcastle disease Finnøy in Stavanger municipality. This is a broiler herd of around 13,000 animals. Samples have been taken, and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority is also awaiting a response to these on Friday.



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