24.01.2007

Hungary

The first outbreak of avian in the European Union this year was confirmed today after the EU Commission said the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain had been found in a geese breeding flock in Hungary (Farm near Lapisto, Csongrad County, southeast Hungary).
Tests were carried out for avian influenza after an abnormally high mortality rate was reported in a flock of more than 3,000 geese. All of the remaining flock were culled.