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Bird flu danger: mandatory stables now also in Mittelhausen!
Eichsfeld provides information about the current bird flu situation: stable requirements, affected areas and health recommendations.
Bird flu danger: mandatory stables now also in Mittelhausen!
In Mittelhausen, a town in the Erfurt area, poultry will be required to be kept in stables from Wednesday. This continues the measures to combat bird flu, which is becoming increasingly worrying in the region. The stable requirement has already been introduced in several towns and districts of Erfurt, including Kühnhausen, Stotternheim and Gispersleben. The risk of sick wild birds is particularly high in the lakes in the north of the city, which border on the Sömmerda district MDR reported.
The situation is serious: After all, special caution had to be exercised in a fattening farm in the Schwerborn district, where around 40,000 animals are kept. At the beginning of October there was an outbreak in a poultry farm in the Greiz district, where a total of 1,358 animals were killed. In this context, a three-kilometer protection zone was set up around the affected farms, in which all animals must be examined. Healthy animals are under observation in a ten-kilometer surveillance zone in order to better isolate the virus.
The dangers of bird flu
Bird flu is currently spreading rapidly in Germany and reached new dimensions in autumn with bird migration. Thousands of cranes have died and the federal government is responding with an increased call for protective measures. Federal Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer has appealed to poultry farmers to observe strict hygiene rules and avoid contact with wild birds. The situation is so tense that 15,000 animals in Baden-Württemberg have already undergone a euthanasia-based procedure to prevent the virus from spreading further daily news documented.
The Friedrich Loeffler Institute has classified the risk of further outbreaks as “high”. The federal states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony are particularly affected. It is estimated that over 200,000 farm animals have already been killed this season due to the HPAIV (H5N1) virus. Despite the devastating situation, there is currently no increased risk for the population; Nevertheless, contact with dead birds should be consistently avoided.
What next?
The responsible authorities are faced with the challenge of sustainably containing the spread of the virus. For the affected poultry farmers, the Federal Ministry has requested the EU to raise the compensation cap from 50 euros to 110 euros in order to offset the economic damage. Particularly in the communities affected by compulsory stables, animal owners are under great pressure to continue their operations and at the same time ensure health protection. A look at the current situation and the necessary steps is essential here.