09.03.2012

Avian influenza H5N1 was reported from two different turkey farms in Israel.
The first case is in Shalwa, a small village in shouthern Israel. The flock is 8 weeks old divided in three pens and contains 11,000 birds.
The second flock, 40,000 turkeys 12 weeks old, is in Holit (Kibbutz) in the south-west of Israel (near Gaza strip).
The Ministry of Agriculture orders destruction of almost 90,000 turkeys.
The last avian influenza outbreak is Israel was in March 2011.