Danish authorities are culling a flock of 27,000 turkeys in Stokkemarke on Lolland after the poultry producer was hit by bird flu, the Danish Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) confirmed.
The outbreak follows just days after a flock of 40,000 turkeys in Slagelse was struck by the disease. The Food Administration says the infection comes from wild birds, and it is now urging private hen owners to keep their birds indoors in the coming period so they do not catch the virus.
Mette Kirkeskov Sie, veterinarian and unit head at the Food Administration, said wild birds must be kept away from domestic poultry. "This means, among other things, that wild birds must not have access to the animals or their water and feed, and that you, for example, change footwear before going into your birds," she said.
According to Statens Serum Institut, humans can, in rare cases, also be infected with the disease.
Based on reporting by DR.