An outbreak of bird flu was discovered in the Spassky district of Primorye

Bird flu is an acute viral disease that affects birds and can be transmitted from them to humans. According to the HEAD of the regional state veterinary inspection, Stanislav Krushinsky, its outbreak was identified in the swampy area of ​​the Spassky district. At the moment, the situation is under the control of specialists: “ Quarantine has been introduced in the epizootic outbreak . Private farms do not fall within the five-kilometer threat zone, so poultry will not be confiscated.”

Update 15:50: The area of ​​the outbreak of bird flu is five “squares” of wetlands in the Spassky municipal district. The governor’s order does not specify which settlement this territory and the area within a radius of 5 kilometers, defined as a “threatened zone,” belongs to. The observation zone includes the villages of Novoselskoye, Lebedinoye, Lugovoye, Stepnoye, Gayvoron and Spasskoye, located within a radius of 10 kilometers from the outbreak.

it should be noted that due to the high ability of the virus to change, domestic and wild birds, many species of animals and people suffer from influenza. “Poultry becomes infected from wild waterfowl, which are mostly asymptomatic, but can be a carrier of the virus for a long time, or from birds living near humans (pigeons, crows, sparrows and others). The source of human infection is a sick bird, but transmission of the virus through animals, such as cats, cannot be ruled out,” ROSSELKHOZNADZOR previously reported.

Ways of human infection are contact with sick birds, airborne droplets and nutritional (with food). The secretions of infected birds are dangerous; they, when released into the air and water, can become a source of infection when swimming. The virus can survive in water for up to a month, and even longer at low temperatures. In some cases, a person may become infected by eating MEAT and eggs of sick birds without sufficient heat treatment.

You should not buy poultry meat and eggs in places of unauthorized trade where there are no veterinary laboratories, and also if the products do not have veterinary documents confirming their quality and safety.