Germany faces new cases
July 9th, 2007
Friedrich-Loeffler Institute officials (Germany’s top animal health institution) have released a new report containing recommendations for the country’s veterinary workers, as traces of the H5N1 virus was found in the body of a dead domestic goose. Previously, a considerable number of wild birds had been killed by the same highly pathogenic virus.
Meanwhile, in France the Agriculture Ministry announced that three wild birds had been found dead in the department of Moselle. Subsequent research revealed that the birds had been infected with the avian flu virus. France has seen the first case of the disease last February, where the virus was found in an area in the east of the country. 11,000 farms had to cull or vaccinated all their birds as a result.