Int’l - Newcastle Outbreak Hits Greece

Published: April 11, 2005

Source : Farming Life

Newcastle Disease has broken out again in Greece. The previous outbreak was reported to the OIE (World Animal Health Organisation) in December 2004. The Greek authorities subsequently reported that the outbreak has ended. The latest outbreak occurred in a village 10 kilometres from the town of Kilkis in Central Macedonia. A total of 35,000 chickens of different ages of different ages were involved in the outbreak. Of these, 3,880 has died, and the remaining 31,120 were destroyed. The Greek authorities said that the source of outbreak was unknown or inconclusive. Control measures - stamping out, zoning and disinfection of infected premises/ establishment(s) - had been taken. The Greek authorities said that the infected farm consisted of five houses located on private land. At the time of the suspicion, four of them had been full of chickens and one house was empty. A few other farms exist in a distance of more than 10km away. All of these farms were vaccinated against Newcastle Disease. The authorites said that strict surveillance had been carried out for a month now in these farms and they had not shown any clinical sign of Newcastle Disease.

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