Due to the spread of bird flu in two counties, the protection and monitoring districts are being expanded

By: STA Date: 2024. 11. 07. 09:30

The highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic spreading explosively in Bács-Kiskun County justified the large expansion of protection and surveillance districts in this county and in Csongrád-Csanád County as well. The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) continues to draw the attention of livestock keepers to comply with the rules in the fight against the epidemic.

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In the area of the extended monitoring area in Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád-Csanád counties, it became necessary to extend the protection areas to the administrative borders of the settlements, as well as to extend the monitoring area to additional settlements.

The strict measure was ordered by the animal health authority in view of the epidemiological situation

In the extended districts, the regulations on protection and surveillance districts came into force Nébih continues to ask livestock keepers to do everything they can to prevent the spread of the epidemic, as the sector and the authority have a common interest in eradicating bird flu as soon as possible

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