Dutch authorities cull 190,000 ducks to contain bird flu outbreak

‘Dutch authorities have culled 190,000 ducks in a farm in the central Netherlands where inspectors have confirmed the presence of a highly infectious strain of bird flu.
Officials and local media said on Sunday that the outbreak was detected at a farm in Biddinghuizen, located about 70 kilometers west of Amsterdam.
The Dutch food and safety watchdog NVWA said in a statement that about 180,000 ducks were put down together with another 10,000 within a one-kilometer radius.’
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