Recently, European countries such as Germany, Denmark, and Finland have reported outbreaks of avian influenza. The relevant government departments have carried out animal culling, epidemic investigation and other work, and called on farmers to be more vigilant.

In Asia, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on November 25th that a farm in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture, southern Kyushu Prefecture, has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is the first reported avian influenza outbreak in Japan since this autumn and winter.

The avian influenza epidemic is spreading again in multiple countries

According to German media reports, the states of Mecklenburg Former Pomerania, Lower Saxony, and Thuringia in Germany have reported cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza this week. Currently, three farms are affected and tens of thousands of poultry have been culled.

Mecklenburg - Former Pomeranian Agriculture Minister Tyr Buckhouse told local media that although the number of reported cases is not high at present, the epidemic is likely to continue to spread as the coldest season in the northern hemisphere approaches.

Buckhouse called on poultry farmers to remain vigilant and take stricter biosafety measures as much as possible, including reporting any unexplained cases of poultry illness or death to veterinarians and food supervision offices, and conducting avian influenza virus testing on animals as soon as possible.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration released a press release on the 22nd, stating that the National Serum Research Institute has confirmed that a pheasant farm near the border city of Zenne in the Jutland Peninsula has recently discovered cases of avian influenza. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, the management bureau has started to cull approximately 2700 pheasants in the farm. Data shows that since November, at least three regions in Denmark have experienced outbreaks of avian influenza.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Authority stated that the pheasant farm where the epidemic occurred is located on a migratory route, and seasonal bird migration may be the cause of pheasant infection with avian influenza in the area.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Authority has established a protected area with a radius of 3 kilometers and a monitoring area with a radius of 10 kilometers around the farm. Poultry and bird breeders in these two areas must register on relevant websites; Prohibit the holding of bird exhibitions within the protected area; Prohibit poultry and poultry products from flowing within and outside the protected area; In addition, it is recommended to avoid contact between poultry, domesticated birds, and wild birds.

Since mid July this year, the outbreak of avian influenza in Finnish fur animal farms has attracted high attention. According to the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation, avian influenza virus was detected in 56 fur animal farms in Finland during the summer and autumn of this year.

The Finnish Food Authority has been conducting avian influenza screening on all fur animal farms in the country since early September. The investigation is divided into two stages. The first stage mainly investigates whether there is avian influenza virus in the body of farmed minks. At this stage, avian influenza virus was found in 3 out of approximately 110 mink farms in the country. In early November, the Finnish Food Authority entered the second phase of screening for breeding foxes and raccoons. As of November 10th, 10 out of 38 fox or raccoon farms that the bureau has inspected have found avian influenza virus.

At present, the Finnish Food Authority's avian influenza screening is still ongoing and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The bureau stated that once samples from fur animal farms are found to show avian influenza virus antibodies, it will order the culling of the farm animals.

In addition to Europe and America, many parts of Asia have also experienced outbreaks of avian influenza. Cambodia recently reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at the border with Vietnam, marking the country's first outbreak of avian influenza in nearly three years.

On November 25th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan announced that a farm in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture, in the southern Kyushu region, has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is the first reported avian influenza outbreak in Japan since this autumn and winter.

According to a press release released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on the 25th, this farm has raised about 40000 laying hens. Relevant departments in Saga Prefecture received a report on the 24th that the number of deaths of chickens on the farm has increased. They immediately conducted on-site inspections on the farm, and the simple avian influenza test results for the dead chickens on the same day were positive. On the 25th, genetic testing confirmed that these chickens were infected with the H5 subtype of avian influenza virus.

Saga Prefecture has taken epidemic prevention measures such as culling all about 40000 chickens raised on this farm on the 25th, and designated a radius of 3 kilometers around the farm as a "restricted area for movement", a radius of 3 to 10 kilometers as a "restricted area for moving out", and restricted the transportation of poultry and egg products from farms within the area to outside the area.

The avian influenza epidemic season in Japan generally starts in October of that year. On the evening of the 24th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested that once poultry are confirmed to be infected with avian influenza, relevant departments such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries should cooperate closely and take thorough epidemic prevention measures quickly. On the 25th, the Japanese government established an information liaison office at the crisis management center of the Prime Minister's residence and held a meeting of relevant cabinet members to discuss countermeasures. Several counties adjacent to Saga Prefecture also held countermeasures meetings.

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