Bulgaria has put in place Tuesday preventive measures against bird flu after detecting an outbreak on a farm near the Romanian border with Ukraine, has announced National Veterinary Service.
Poultry must not leave the backyard and must be protected against contamination, according to the instructions issued. Bulgarian-Romanian border is mainly marked by the Danube, and the outbreak of H5N1 in Romania is situated on the river delta. The last case of avian influenza in Bulgaria goes back to early 2006. In the EU, the last confirmed case of avian flu had been detected in Germany a year ago.
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