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Kiel (dpa / lno) - After an outbreak of avian influenza, around 76,000 laying hens were killed in a poultry farm in the Plön district.
The carcasses will be disposed of by a company, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
The two stables of the company were gassed with carbon dioxide on Monday.
The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) had previously detected the subtype H5N8 in the population.
According to the ministry, it was the largest company that had been affected by avian influenza in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aim of killing the animals is to prevent the virus from spreading further.
Avian influenza has been detected in nine poultry holdings in the north with a total of around 81,000 animals.
The disease has also been detected in around 485 wild birds.
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu, is an infectious disease that occurs primarily in waterfowl and other birds.
Even if the currently circulating pathogens cannot be transmitted to humans according to the FLI, dead animals should not be touched.
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Animal Disease Information System of the FLI
Ministry of the Environment SH on avian influenza