Two million laying hens have been culled in Bulgaria since an outbreak of avian influenza began in October. Over 40% of laying hens are affected by the disease. These alarming figures were reported to BNR by Ivaylo Galabov, chairman of the Union..
An outbreak of avian flu has been established at a quail egg farm near Etropole in Sofia region. The farm has a closed hatching and raising cycle. Around 25,000 infected and contact birds are to be culled and the eggs destroyed. A 3-km. protection..
In just a few days, three outbreaks of bird flu have been discovered in the Pleven region (Central Northern Bulgaria), which necessitated the killing of nearly 300,000 poultry . One outbreak was registered on a poultry farm with 100,000 hens and the other..
The Bulgarian Food Agency has ordered the killing of nearly 250,000 birds due to an outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm in Bulgaria's town of Assenovgrad. This is the third bird flu outbreak found there over the past year. The first outbreak in..
The enhanced observation of the Bulgarian poultry farms continues due to the outbreaks of avian influenza in this country. A total of 26 bird flu cases were confirmed until the middle of November in Dobrich, Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Yambol..
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has reported that there are currently four outbreaks of bird flu in the territory of the country. They have been found in the regions of Dobrich, Sliven, Haskovo and Yambol. The first outbreak was reported in..
So far a total of 63 bird flu cases have been registered on Bulgarian territory, the competent authorities inform. Nearly 430,000 birds were infected with bird flu and most of them have been already killed, outgoing Ministerof Agriculture and Food..
The outbreaks of avian influenza found in Bulgaria are now 26 in nine regions of the country including Vidin, Vratza, Kardzhali, Ploviv and Sofia province. Given the latest outbreaks, the total of 116 308 fowl will be culled, the National center for..
A fifteenth outbreak of bird flu (or avian influenza) has been found in Bulgaria. Regions with incidence of bird flu include Vidin, Vratsa, Sofia Province, Plovdiv and others. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Interior and the State Agency..
