Germany to slaughter 29,000 chickens for outbreaks of bird flu

New cases of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in Mecklenburgische Seenplatte are expected to cause the local government to slaughter about 29,000 chickens, according to local officials. An area of 10 kilometers, with 482 farms and 644 thousand birds is being monitored. In the past few weeks, several outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in European countries.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.