Bird flu alert in Denmark: 50,000 chickens will be culled

It has been announced that 50,000 chickens on the farm will be culled after bird flu was detected in several dead chickens on 31 December in a farm near the town of Orum in Hedensted city in the western part of the country. "The flock is infected with the deadly and highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza virus," said Lotte Brink, Head of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA). said.
The DVFA has also banned the unauthorized removal of eggs or poultry from farms within 10 kilometers of the farm. The latest outbreak was recorded as the fourth and largest bird flu outbreak in Denmark since October last year.