Epizootic

BFSA Reports Bird Flu in Lovech Area

Published by Novinite on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 15:04

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has registered a new outbreak of avian influenza (H5) in a duck farm in the village of Yoglav, Lovech region. The case was confirmed yesterday by the National Reference Laboratory. BFSA has ordered humane killing and disinfection and has set up protection and observation areas around the village.

Russia bans cattle imports from Romania over mad cow disease outbreak

Published by Agerpres on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 09:14

Russia's federal veterinary and phytosanitary control authority (Rosselkhoznadzor) has banned imports of bovine cattle, beef and by-products from Romania over an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the Russian ITAR-TASS reads.