According to the District Office in Freiburg, poultry, for example, may only be kept in closed pens or under a secure, tight cover. All poultry farmers must report the number of animals and the type of husbandry to their location “immediately” to the veterinary office. “Keeped birds, mammals, meat from poultry and game birds, eggs as well as other products and animal by-products originating from poultry and game birds may not be brought into or from a herd with kept birds, feed may not be brought from such a herd”, it said.
The district office also published a map with a narrower restricted area and a broader observation area. This includes parts of the communities of St. Mrgen, Buchenbach, Breitnau and the city of Titisee-Neustadt. The stricter rules apply here; the requirements for the observation area are somewhat looser. According to the information, the so-called general disposal remains in force until the veterinary office declares the end of the epidemic.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture in Stuttgart announced that pullets from a rearing farm in North Rhine-Westphalia affected by the avian influenza had been delivered to numerous small holdings in several districts in the south-west. The animal disease is also called bird flu. According to experts, it is safe for humans. So far, no transmissions to other animals such as cats or dogs are known.
(dpa / lsw)
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