Poultry must stay inside to outbreak of bird flu – The Guardian

DEN HAAG – the Netherlands on Wednesday a ophok and afschermplicht set for all companies which birds to keep for the production of meat, eggs, or other products and for the off in the wild. Secretary Martijn van Dam of Economic Affairs has announced.

The measure is, according to Van Dam as a precaution taken because, in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Switzerland in wild birds infectious avian influenza type H5N8 has been detected. Also in the Netherlands are dead wildfowl found. Had that also this so-called highly pathogenic avian influenza. These animals are further explored.

Germany
The ophok and afschermplicht should avoid in the Netherlands, companies have become infected. In Germany, the ophokplicht in parts of the country also. Van Dam raises poultry farms also additional hygienic measures to take, such as to a minimum as the number of visitors.

Otherwise, the ophokplicht not for animals that the person be held, but only for commercially kept poultry.

Ophokplicht
by the End of 2014 is in the Netherlands for the last a rural ophokplicht set because of bird flu. That ran until early 2015.