Low pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7 in poultry in Germany

17.05.2013

Detection of a low-pathogenicity H7N7 avian flu virus in Germany has prompted the culling of 13,000 poultry.

The virus was detected in tests by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute.

 

Location

Confirmation

Animals affected

Herzlake

05.01.2013

34,500, Laying hens, free ranged

Badbergen (Wehdel)

18.04.2013

7,694 Turkeys

Menslage (Halen)

18.04.2013

16,321 Turkeys

Badbergen

24.04.2013

19,000 Turkeys

Langförden, Vechta

16.05.2013

13,000 (kind of poultry involved was not specified in the OIE report)