Bird flu found at fourth Dutch poultry farm

November 30, 2014 03:53 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 08:45 pm IST - AMSTERDAM

In this November 17, 2014  photo, experts wearing protection suits examine trays used to transport chicks at a poultry farm, where a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found by authorities, in Hekendorp, Netherlands.

In this November 17, 2014 photo, experts wearing protection suits examine trays used to transport chicks at a poultry farm, where a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found by authorities, in Hekendorp, Netherlands.

Dutch officials said on Sunday bird flu had been found at another poultry farm in the Netherlands, the fourth in recent weeks.

The Economics Ministry said the farm's 28,000 birds were being destroyed. It said the flu infection was of the same H5 variety found at farms across Europe and Asia in recent months. It was not yet clear how infectious the strain was, the Ministry said.

A ban on transporting poultry products has been imposed and the four other farms within that radius are being inspected for signs of bird flu, the Ministry said.

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