The bird flu has now demonstrably arrived in Tyrol. As the state of Tyrol announced Thursday afternoon, a total of six swans died in a zoo in the Tyrolean lowlands over the weekend. The lab has now confirmed that the cause of death was bird flu. State Veterinary Director Josef Kössler expects stables to become mandatory soon.
The first case of bird flu, also called avian influenza, has now become public in a zoo in the Tyrolean lowlands. Six swans died from the flu virus. Five of them were found dead at the stricken zoo last weekend and another swan had to be killed. The park was closed to visitors during the winter break.
No danger to people
However, the virus does not pose a threat to humans: “Currently, the H5N1 strain is emerging. This flu virus is not considered a human pathogen, so it does not pose a threat to humans,” emphasizes Josef Kössler, director of the state veterinarian. The virus is also not transmitted through food.
Precautions from January 10
Bird flu is already raging across Europe. For this reason, precautionary measures will apply in Austria from 10 January. “We are closely monitoring the situation and we want to prevent the animal disease from spreading to the domestic poultry herd,” explains Kössler. Tyrol is believed to soon be considered a “high risk” area. There is currently an “increased risk” in Tyrol.
Mandatory stable is very likely
In Tyrol there are about 6,200 mostly very small farms with a total of about 300,000 poultry. The conditions for the companies may soon be tightened: “We assume that for companies with more than 50 poultry, in addition to the current measures, there will soon be mandatory stables throughout Austria,” said the veterinary director of the state of Kössler. There is a reporting obligation throughout Austria for water wings and griffin wings found dead.
Source: Krone
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