[Video] To prevent the spread of avian influenza virus, Germany culled a large number of poultry.

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　　　　CCTV.com News (midnight news): Since June this year, H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been found in many areas in Germany, and the German health department has subsequently raised the warning level of avian influenza in Germany from intermediate to advanced.

　　　　In order to prevent the further spread of avian influenza virus, Bavaria, Germany, started the largest poultry culling operation in Germany’s post-war history on the 8th.

　　　　The culling operation was carried out in two duck farms near the Bavarian town of Nitnau. Poultry deaths have occurred in these two duck farms recently. Preliminary tests on the 7th showed that these dead ducks were infected with avian influenza virus. The local government then decided to cull all the more than 200,000 poultry in the two duck farms, and the local health department also set up a crisis action team to supervise the culling of poultry. At present, the source of the virus has not yet been determined.

　　　　On 25th of last month, the Bavarian state government confirmed that 400 ducks in a farm in the town of Va Henrotte died of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. All the 160,000 poultry on the farm were subsequently culled.

　　　　The two duck farms that started culling on September 8th have business relations with this duck farm in Va Henrotte. Therefore, in order to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, the local government decided to take the largest culling of poultry since the German post-war period.

Editor: Wang Yuxi