14.01.2017

A virulent avian influenza virus, H5N8 has spread to 55 poultry farms in Bulgaria prompting the veterinary authorities to announce a cull of some 430,000 birds since it was first detected in the middle of December. 
Bulgaria has imposed a nationwide ban on poultry markets and on the hunting of game birds, and has already spent over a million levs ($543,714) to cull birds in a bid to contain the outbreak.
The southern region of Plovdiv was the most affected area, 300,000 birds, mainly ducks, were culled and another 130,000 were to be killed on Saturday.