Bird flu found on three more Dutch farms
23 Nov 2014 4:51 AM IST
Dutch officials have detected bird flu on three more farms, but cannot yet say if the strains are a highly contagious variety discovered earlier this week, officials said on Friday.
The Dutch economic affairs ministry confirmed that a second bird flu outbreak detected yesterday on a farm at Ter Aar, close to the first case east of The Hague, was the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain, previously detected only in Asia.
Some strains of avian influenza are fatal for chickens, and pose a health threat to humans, who can fall sick after handling infected poultry.
Dutch authorities have said human infection can only occur following ‘intense and direct contact’ with infected birds.
The latest outbreak was first reported on a small farm in Kamperveen, around 100 kilometres north of the first outbreaks, the economic affairs ministry said in a statement.
The Dutch economic affairs ministry confirmed that a second bird flu outbreak detected yesterday on a farm at Ter Aar, close to the first case east of The Hague, was the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain, previously detected only in Asia.
Some strains of avian influenza are fatal for chickens, and pose a health threat to humans, who can fall sick after handling infected poultry.
Dutch authorities have said human infection can only occur following ‘intense and direct contact’ with infected birds.
The latest outbreak was first reported on a small farm in Kamperveen, around 100 kilometres north of the first outbreaks, the economic affairs ministry said in a statement.
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