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Stuttgart / Donaueschingen (dpa / lsw) - The deadly bird flu has been detected in a wild bird in the Black Forest-Baar district and in a Saxon poultry farm.
A seriously ill buzzard was found near a pond near Donaueschingen, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture in Stuttgart on Friday.
Investigations by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Animal Health (FLI) and the Chemical Veterinary Investigation Office in Freiburg confirmed the findings of the influenza virus (HPAIV).
In Saxony, a company from the Leipzig region is affected.
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Agriculture estimates the risk that avian influenza will continue to spread among wild birds as high.
For this reason, the authorities in the districts of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis and Tuttlingen would announce a general decree on Monday that regulates the further procedure, it said.
After an outbreak, the so-called Ordinance on Protection against Avian influenza usually comes into force.
The authorities use it to establish safety zones around the location of infected wild birds or a contaminated poultry farm.
For example, a restricted area is being set up within a radius of at least three kilometers, in which stables are compulsory and main access routes are provided with warning signs.
The authorities can examine animals in the restricted area and even have them killed.
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Bird keepers should prevent their animals from coming into contact with wild birds through a stable or other protective device.
Anyone who finds a sick or dead wild bird may not touch it or take it away from the place where it was found, but must report it to the responsible veterinary authorities at the district offices or mayor offices of the city districts.
According to the ministry, avian influenza has been increasingly detected in Europe and Germany for several weeks.
Wild birds and isolated poultry on the North and Baltic Sea coasts are particularly affected.
Avian influenza is an infectious disease known in veterinary medicine since the end of the 19th century, which affects chickens and turkeys, but also water fowl such as ducks and geese.
This "bird flu", as it is also known, is an animal disease that can cause high losses if it is introduced into poultry flocks and must therefore be combated early on.
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Ministry of Avian Flu information
Friedrich Löffler Institute on classic avian influenza
Questions and answers from the institute on bird flu