Tarragona closes 22 farms and 180 for its own food due to bird flu

Government enforces restrictions on poultry farms in Deltebre and Perelloeuropean media

The number of poultry farms and self-operated farms increased by 22 and 180 respectively Bird flu cases in Deltebre and El Perello (Tarragona) reported sources from the Ministry of Climate Action.

According to “Nació Digital”, last week they discovered that Two more terns die from bird fluthe cases were added to those detected in the past three weeks.

Faced with this situation, the ministry has increased the number of people responsible for control in the region, although they say this has not been done through new staff.

Government sources stress that farms and self-consumption “they know they are a transit zone“So they took the necessary measures in the case of bird flu and, in his words, were very careful.

“There are more and more cases, More Infected Wild Birdsso we are more vigilant about the situation,” they explained, although they continued to view the current situation as normal.

Protocols to ensure diseases are not transmitted to farm birds

The government has warned that it is important that the disease “does not spread to farm birds”, so an email has been sent to the department notifying different cases so that security measures to avoid infection.

When one of these conditions is detected, the protocol is activated within 10 kilometers Poultry farms must take preventive action within 30 days of reporting the suspicion.

Some of these measures are banning the use of Anseriformes and Sauriformes as hunting bait; prohibiting the mixing of ducks and geese with other birds, and prohibiting the production and rearing of free-range poultry.