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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - In order to contain avian influenza, traveling poultry traders are only allowed to sell their animals in Baden-Württemberg after an examination.
Agriculture Minister Peter Hauk (CDU) announced on Tuesday that the animals would have to be examined for avian influenza at the latest four days before they are released.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the general decree for sales in the travel trade will come into force on Saturday.
Avian influenza is also called avian flu.
According to experts, the animal disease is harmless to humans.
In March, according to the ministry, a pullet farm in North Rhine-Westphalia that was affected by the disease had delivered pullets to numerous smaller farms in Baden-Württemberg.
Around 180 farms in the country therefore received animals directly or indirectly from there.
Wild birds also brought the pathogen into a poultry farm in the Ravensburg district.
By April 8, an avian influenza outbreak had been detected in 64 farms in the southwest.
Around 1900 animals were killed or perished in the country as a result of the epidemic in March and April.
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Consistent compliance with the biosecurity measures is still essential in order to prevent an epidemic from entering poultry stocks as well as possible, said Hauk.
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