Austria: HPAI Detected on Small Farm in Lower Austria

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   AU2021-0004

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Austria: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Small Farm in Lower Austria

On November 25, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety confirmed the first on-farm case of avian influenza this fall. The highly pathogenic H5N1 type was found on a small chicken farm in the province Lower Austria. The chickens from the affected flock either died or were culled under official supervision and the farm has been closed. As a result of this outbreak, the Ministry of Health, in agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and the federal states, issued an ordinance with the requirement to keep poultry inside within the defined risk areas.

Europe and Eurasia, Austria, European Union

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