Tusinder af gæs i Sachsen slagtet på grund af fugleinfluensa

På en gæsopfødningsdriftssted i Leipzig-distriktet skal omkring 6500 fugle slagtet på grund af bekræftede mistanker om fugleinfluensa. Avler Lorenz Eskildsen opfordrer til at vaccinere dyrene for at forhindre yderligere udbrud. To andre gårde på stedet er under overvågning, men julegæsmarkedet kan forblive åbent.

Hendelsen skete på et anlæg ejet af den sachsiske gæsavl Lorenz Eskildsen i Mutzschen, et distrikt i Grimma i Landkreis Leipzig. Det sachsiske statsundersøgelsesinstitut bekræftede mistankerne om aviær influenza, som senere blev verificeret af Friedrich-Loeffler-instituttet. For at stoppe spredningen vil de 6500 avlsgæs slagtet. Eskildsen, Sachsens største gæsavl, har i alt 11000 avlsgæs på stedet og driver en anden gård i Königswartha i Lausitz-regionen. Eskildsen kritiserer skarpt den nuværende håndtering af sygdommen. «Vi kan ikke længere behandle dyrene på denne måde. Det er simpelthen ikke muligt», sagde han. Han går ind for vaccinationer, som ville reducere virusbelastningen med 90 procent og sænke smitterisikoen. For tyve år siden oplevede han et stort udbrud på sit firma. «Vi har lidt i 20 år og vil have noget gjort nu», understregede han. Forbundsregeringen og delstaterne bør banne vejen for vaccinationer, kræver han. To yderligere gårde i Mutzschen, rumligt adskilte, overvåges af Borna-distriktets kontor og betragtes som uafhængige. Den tilstødende gæsmesse kan fortsætte salget, da julegæssene kommer fra andre steder. Et 10-kilometers radius omkring stedet pålægger staldpligt for fjerkræ. Siden begyndelsen af oktober har Tyskland haft 171 udbrud, med over to millioner fugle slagtet. I mellemtiden har Leipzig Zoo slagtet syv pelikaner efter at to smittede døde, for at beskytte de resterende 350 dyr. Disse var indkvarteret i stalde, og besøgende skal bruge desinficeringsmåtter.

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