TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Pingtung County Livestock Disease Control and Prevention Center culled 9,583 black feather native chickens in Yanpu Township on Thursday (Feb. 15).
County authorities had been contacted on Monday (Feb. 12) by a farmer who reported irregular deaths of his chickens. This report activated epidemic prevention mechanisms reminiscent of controlling the motion of chickens on the farm and the fast disinfection of the farm and surrounding areas.
Additionally, specimens from each sick and wholesome chickens on the farm had been collected and despatched for exams. By Wednesday (Feb. 14), a subtype of the H5N1 fowl flu was confirmed to have contaminated poultry on the farm.
Livestock employees transfer rapidly to comprise fowl flu outbreak. (Pingtung County Government)
Pingtung County Livestock Disease Control and Prevention Center Chief Lee Yung-wen (李永文) mentioned the case was the primary H5N1 fowl flu confirmed within the county this yr. Lee’s workplace began monitoring neighboring poultry farms inside one kilometer of the positioning, and visits had been made to different farms inside three kilometers.
The in-person checks will give livestock authorities the prospect to offer poultry farmers with steering on the way to shield in opposition to fowl flu. It may also permit specialists the prospect to verify the well being standing of poultry at surrounding farms.
Lee mentioned cool nights and scorching days over the previous week may have prompted stress for native poultry. He urged poultry farmers to pay extra consideration to insulating poultry farms and sustaining an excellent, fixed temperature.
Poultry farmers have additionally been requested to implement access management, reminiscent of disinfection of personnel and autos getting into and exiting poultry farms. Farmers are additionally requested to pay nearer consideration to the well being of their poultry, with fast reporting to authorities ought to any abnormalities happen.
