Norway: Killed chickens and geese

By Birgit Skogstad
06.12.2008
She comforts, however, that there is the gentle and least dangerous variant of Avian influenza in question.

Son animals
The 39 chickens and 11 geese actually belongs to her 14-year-old son. When smaalenene.no spoke with the mother yesterday, he did not yet at feathered his feet had killed.

- But I have great respect for the employees in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority know what they must do. Now I just hope this does not have spilled over to other herds. For us this is not a financial loss. For those who have 7,000 chickens that in the worst case may be infected, it is a far more serious matter, "said Kvern's.

Full protective gear
After the case became known yesterday, it was quickly dimmed that the suspicion was weakened. It did Kvern family's optimistic. Nevertheless went Evy Lund Kvern's in full protective gear when she fed the animals yesterday morning.

- Fortunately, it does not infect either humans or other animals, "she said and stressed that she is very concerned with social consequences. At her son loses his feathered feet, is play for him. But it is important that the infection killed as soon as possible, she said.

Yesterday afternoon rolled the car from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority on the farm to kill the animals. The police set up roadblocks around the farm to prevent unauthorized persons to enter.

First time in Norway
Distriktssjef Kirsti Ullsfoss in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority Inner Østfold said that the birds were each syringe with overdose of narcosis. The dead animals and all the fertilizer was transported to a central Destruction.

Now we create a risk zone for a kilometer around the farm. Ensembles within this zone are checked carefully including blood samples. Those who live on the farm with infection, can not visit other ensembles. Beyond that, they can live normally. This is not an aggressive or dangerous viruses, calms her. Ullsfoss considers it likely that høna on Raknerud infected at vilde birds.

It was after a routine inspection that the H7 virus was discovered.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said that risk and security measures will be kept at least until Monday.

hat-tip Ironorehopper for the link