30,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak, Dutch government confirms
- 9 years ago
Thirty-thousand chickens have been destroyed in the Netherlands after bird flu was found at a free-range farm in eastern town of Barneveld.
The government is yet to identify the strain of the virus, but says it was likely to be a mild form.
Hundreds of thousands of birds were destroyed after an outbreak last year, costing the Dutch poultry industry 100 million euros.
The government is yet to identify the strain of the virus, but says it was likely to be a mild form.
Hundreds of thousands of birds were destroyed after an outbreak last year, costing the Dutch poultry industry 100 million euros.