According to the federal government, it’s a fattening turkey farm, with an approximate census of 9,000 67-day-old animals. The suspicion of the illness was derived from the detection of medical signs and an irregular enhance in mortality on February 4.
The samples taken in the course of the inspection by the veterinarians of the Generalitat have been despatched to the Algete laboratory, the nationwide reference middle for chicken flu in Spain, the place it has been confirmed that it’s a pressure of HPAI subtype H5N1.
This outbreak is the primary in livestock that has occurred in Catalonia for the reason that wave of avian flu that has affected Spain and surrounding international locations started.
The Department of Climate Action of the Catalan Generalitat will report this Friday on the actions it’s finishing up to deal with the outbreak.