Several countries have imposed trading
bans on poultry following confirmation of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in
Germany, Hungary, India, Israel and Switzerland.
The disease was found in wild birds in
Germany and Switzerland, in the general environment in India, and in commercial
poultry flocks in Hungary and Israel.
Hong Kong has banned poultry from Germany
and Hungary whence it imported 10,000 tonnes by the end of September this year.
Ukraine has banned poultry from Hungary and Bulgaria.
Bulgaria has had an outbreak of Newcastle
disease.
