H5N8 discovered in farms in Lower Saxony
The culling of about 77,000 turkeys, chickens and ducks is underway after H5N8 avian influenza strain was found on farms in a major poultry production region in the north German state of Lower Saxony.
H5N8 avian influenza strain has been discovered on two farms in Germany's Lower Saxony. Tens of thousands of turkeys will be killed in the county of Cloppenburg. The discovery came after 10,000 turkeys were killed in Oldenburg district and 12,000 animals killed in the district of Vechta.
In the district of Northeim, 18 chickens and six ducks were found to have the same strain.
The list of outbreaks reported to the OIE (Without wild birds)
|
No. |
District |
Location |
Start date |
Species |
No of Birds |
|
1 |
Lübeck, Stadt |
Lübeck |
09/11/2016 |
Turkeys (and other backyard poultry) |
110 |
|
2 |
Schleswig-Flensburg |
Twedt |
11/11/2016 |
Breeding chickens |
36000 |
|
3 |
Vorpommern-Greifswald |
Mesekenhagen |
11/11/2016 |
45 hens, 13 ducks |
58 |
|
4 |
Vorpommern-Rügen |
Barth |
15/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
121 |
|
5 |
Vorpommern-Rügen |
Sundhagen |
16/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
74 |
|
6 |
Vorpommern-Rügen |
Sassnitz |
17/11/2016 |
Zoo |
|
|
7 |
Vorpommern-Rügen |
Sundhagen |
17/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
74 |
|
8 |
Vorpommern-Greifswald |
Neu Boltenhagen |
18/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
56 |
|
9 |
Vorpommern-Greifswald |
Neu Boltenhagen |
21/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
30 |
|
10 |
Harz |
Quedlinburg |
22/11/2016 |
Backyard |
|
|
11 |
Vorpommern-Greifswald |
Ueckermünde |
22/11/2016 |
Zoo |
|
|
12 |
Hochtaunuskreis |
Kronberg im Taunus |
22/11/2016 |
Zoo |
|
|
13 |
Cloppenburg |
Barßel |
23/11/2016 |
Fattening turkeys |
15975 |
|
14 |
Ludwigslust-Parchim |
Demen |
24/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
98 |
|
15 |
Hamburg |
Hamburg |
27/11/2016 |
Zoo |
|
|
16 |
Nordwestmecklenburg |
Neukloster |
28/11/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
329 |
|
17 |
Vechta |
Damme |
14/12/2016 |
Turkeys |
8694 |
|
18 |
Jerichower Land |
Möser |
15/12/2016 |
Fattening ducks |
10000 |
|
19 |
Soest |
Anröchte |
17/12/2016 |
Turkeys |
21200 |
|
20 |
Gütersloh |
Rietberg |
20/12/2016 |
2800 breeding geese and 21 breeding ducks |
2821 |
|
21 |
Oldenburg |
Dötlingen |
23/12/2016 |
Turkeys for fattening |
10300 |
|
22 |
Cloppenburg |
Garrel |
24/12/2016 |
Turkeys for fattening |
14000 |
|
23 |
Northeim |
Northeim |
25/12/2016 |
Mixed backyard poultry |
26 |
|
24 |
Kleve |
Rees |
25/12/2016 |
Turkeys for fattening |
16488 |
|
25 |
Oldenburg |
Hude |
26/12/2016 |
Turkeys for fattening |
10500 |
