June the 8th, 2022 - New Croatian bird flu cases have unfortunately been recorded in Osijek-Baranja County, which is causing concern among domestic producers in an already difficult economic situation.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the continental Croatian town of Beli Manastir, bird flu of the H5N1 subtype was confirmed in one yard which was home to twenty chickens. Due to the death of seventeen chickens, the suspicion of bird flu being the culprit was initially reported, and then later confirmed.

The veterinary inspection carried out by the State Inspectorate placed the chicken farm suffering from the Croatian bird flu outbreak under control, and after the analysis of four chicken corpses, it was confirmed that the chickens were indeed infected by the aforementioned pathogen, and then the remaining three chickens on the farm were unfortunately euthanised as a precautionary measure.

The Ministry of Agriculture has designated a restricted zone that includes the municipalities of Ceminac, Draz, Jagodnjak, Knezevi Vinogradi, Petlovac, Popovac, Branjin Vrh and Viljevo in Osijek-Baranja County, where further measures and activities will be implemented to prevent the further spread of the infection.

The confirmation of an outbreak of Croatian bird flu cases has now been expressed to the European Commission (EC) and the Hungarian veterinary authority, as part of the zone affected by the outbreak among the chickens includes neighbouring Hungarian territory.

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