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Wredenhagen / Wittstock (dpa) - After the renewed outbreak of avian influenza in the Mecklenburg Lake District, strict trade restrictions apply to more than 400 animal owners, including in the north of Brandenburg.

The head of the district veterinary office, Guntram Wagner, pointed this out on Wednesday.

The virus disease broke out on Tuesday at a private poultry farmer in Wredenhagen.

The 38 chickens and geese, ten of which had already succumbed to the animal disease, have since been killed and disposed of.

Controls are currently underway at several large poultry farmers in the so-called restricted area.

"We reckon with the fact that the virus was brought in via infected wild birds," said Wagner.

The animals of the private owner were still allowed outside, as Wredenhagen was not considered a "risk area".

The general compulsory stable only applies to large commercial poultry farmers.

Around 550,000 chickens, ducks, geese and other farm poultry are kept at around 410 farms in the “restriction area” that extends to Wittstock (Ostprignitz-Ruppin).

There are strict restrictions on the trade in meat, eggs and animals.

In autumn 2020, a large poultry farmer in Krümmel, a few kilometers away, was affected by such an outbreak.

At that time this remained an isolated case.

According to the Schwerin Ministry of Agriculture, around 230,000 farm animals have been killed because of avian influenza in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since autumn 2020.

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