New Bird Flu Wave Emerges in Europe

Europe is currently seeing the emergence of a new bird flu wave, especially, in Poland, Germany and France, Al Ain reported on Tuesday.

Poland reported various outbreaks of H5N1 strain at dozens of poultry farms across the state with total 650,000 birds.

In addition, five outbreaks were detected in turkey farms, and chick broiler farm in the eastern regions of the country.

On the other hand, three outbreaks were reported among chicken farms in Germany, after reported detecting the new bird flu strain at the end of October.

While in Britain, waves of bird flu outbreaks were reported in small poultry unite that's why the kingdom declared a nationwide Avian Influenza prevention zone, calling all bird farms to follow the restrictions.

The same measure was taken by the French government after detecting several outbreaks of the virus.

The French Agricutlrue Ministry said in a statement: "Since the beginning of August, 130 cases or outbreaks of avian influenza have been detected in wildlife or on farms in Europe."

Therefore, several countries in Europe started to impose several medical measures to protect their poultries by calling all farm owners by keeping all chicken inside their flocks.

Currently, there is a rising concerns over the emergence of the bird flu which threatens the industry of poultry and its related industries worldwide.