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Bird flu in Albania "invades" 'Rea's' eggs, the Ministry of Agriculture bans the import of chickens!

2025-03-04 11:31:42Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Bird flu in Albania "invades" 'Rea's' eggs, the
“Rea’s”

The Ministry of Agriculture confirms the case of bird flu at the "Rea's" farm in Rrashbull, Durrës. 

The farm located in the village of Maliq Muҫo, Rrashbull Administrative Unit, Durrës Municipality has been placed in quarantine.

In the context of transparency for the public, we inform you that on 3.3.2025, the Avian Influenza disease, type H5N1, was confirmed in our country through the RT-PCR test.

The structures of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the relevant subordinate institutions have taken immediate measures, following the notification of the Regional Directorate of Veterinary Medicine and Plant Protection in Tirana, that in the Durrës District, in the entity "Rea's" shpk, located in the village of Maliq Muҫo, Rashbull Administrative Unit, there have been deaths of birds.

The number of chickens that have died is still unknown, as the entity has around 227,708 heads in total, bred in four sheds in the poultry farm of the Rrashbull Administrative Unit and one shed in the Shënavlash Unit, of which damage has been reported in only one of them.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture has also  announced a ban on the import of live poultry, birds, ornamental birds, eggs, meat and other by-products with several countries, such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina .

All of these countries are affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza.

"A crisis center has been set up at the Ministry of Agriculture to manage the bird flu situation. Chickens and eggs will be destroyed, but there is still no data on the number of dead chickens and the number of eggs that will be destroyed," the announcement further states.

The National Veterinary and Plant Protection Authority has also notified 68 poultry breeding entities, which must take biosecurity measures in their establishments, and has also notified the regional veterinary service at the national level, to increase vigilance and monitor the situation.

Announcement:

After confirmation, a meeting of the National Crisis Center was held at the Ministry of Rural Development and Rural Development, and Ministerial Order No. 200, dated 3.3.2025 " On taking restrictive measures for the prevention and control of Avian Influenza disease in poultry, in open environments and live animal markets " immediately entered into force.

Regarding the case, we inform the public that central and regional structures have placed the farm in quarantine, where official samples were taken and sent within the day for analysis to the Food Safety and Veterinary Institute.

The National Veterinary and Plant Protection Authority has previously announced on its official website the detection and follow-up of all veterinary protocols for taking timely measures.

The AKVMB has also notified 68 poultry breeding entities, which must take biosecurity measures in their establishments, and has also notified the regional veterinary service at the national level, to increase vigilance and monitor the situation.

Currently present on the ground are the Regional veterinary structures of the General Directorate of AKVMB and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development invites farmers and citizens to increase vigilance and cooperate with the authorities with the aim of not only timely reporting of any suspicions through rapid communication on the toll-free number 08003366, but also rigorously implementing biosecurity measures, limiting the exposure of their birds to open environments, to reduce the risk of contact with birds carrying the virus.

This disease has caused massive damage to a large number of farmed, productive, and wild birds worldwide.

According to the World Organization for Animal Health, there are hundreds of active foci of the virus in birds and other species.


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