Hungarian authorities have informed the European Commission of a confirmed outbreak of avian influenza in a domestic flock of geese in Bács-Kiskun (BAYCH-KEESH-koon), in the south of the country.
All 2,300 geese in the flock were immediately culled upon suspicion of the virus and all poultry, including farmed ducks and geese, in the 1-kilometer radius around the outbreak, are also being culled today. Rigorous control and monitoring of other holdings in the surrounding area are being carried out.
If confirmed as an outbreak of H5N1, this would constitute the fifth outbreak of highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in domestic poultry in a member state of the European Union (previous outbreaks occurred in domestic poultry in France, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark).
Well, that's a little ways from here, about 100 km. But, since I don't raise birds, not to worry.
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