Giediaahss Nation: Bird flu was discovered at Ein Gedi

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 19:08
After review carried out by the Ministry of Health in poultry found dead in the corner living in Ein Gedi, it was discovered that the gods are Zen line of bird flu. All were destroyed as a preventive corner of the living birds
Ministry of Agriculture said this evening (Thursday) that the examination revealed, it became clear that the dead birds at Kibbutz Ein Gedi line bird flu H5N1 strain of the gods. Following the safety measures that destroyed all living birds in the corner.


Two birds, a mother, were found dead in a corner of the living of Kibbutz Ein Gedi. Earlier, the veterinary service said the Ministry of Agriculture can not yet determine whether the violent strains of the disease, which could also affect humans or other species, but now confirmed that this is a violent species. It is estimated that the disease had married into the living room of the kibbutz by migratory birds.


The service began to carry out to prevent the spread of the disease. It should be noted that the nearest poultry farm is located at a distance of 12.5 miles and that will be performed in laboratory tests to rule out the possibility that the disease was also there. The service began operations to destroy the corner of the living birds of the kibbutz. As is known, it is localized outbreak of the disease. There are little corner of the living birds. It is estimated that the number does not exceed 20, including peacocks and parrots. Kibbutz announced that beginning this week, after the death of two birds of his mother, not observed in mortality.


Remember in three outbreaks of the plague this decade. The first was the winter of 2006, and because of the outbreak, hundreds of thousands of birds were destroyed in the Negev mixed settlements in the Jerusalem Corridor. A year later the disease was discovered in Binyamina kindergarten playpen, and in 2008 she was discovered poultry farm in Kibbutz Ein Shemer. In these cases, death was controlled, limited a lot more from the eruption was in 2006.