Bird flu has been detected in a gray heron in Seuzach.
Gray heron and peacock spotted with bird flu
bye. The H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in a gray heron and a peacock in the canton of Zurich. This is shared by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office on Thursday (17.11.) with. Together with the cantonal veterinary authorities, the federal government is now preparing measures to protect domestic poultry in the affected area. It is the first case of bird flu in Switzerland this winter, they say.
A gray heron and a peacock in a hobby poultry farm in the municipality of Seuzach are affected by the bird flu virus. The rehabilitation of the animal husbandry is in progress.
According to the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, the H5N1 virus strain can only be transmitted to humans in extremely rare cases and only with very close contact.
In the notification, the competent federal office also refers to rules of conduct for poultry farmers. Feeding and watering places should be protected from wild birds. Before entering the stables, shoes and outerwear should be changed and hands disinfected. Grids of cages must be checked for holes. As a precaution, people who find wild bird carcasses should not touch them and report the find to a police station or the game warden.
Wolf roams around in the Zurich wine country
Farmers in the wine country are currently supposed to pay attention to herd protection. In the picture sheep and a livestock guardian dog.
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A wolf has almost certainly been sighted in several communities in the north of Zurich in the past few days. Two reports from the Zurich wine region seemed particularly reliable, explained Katharina Weber, media spokeswoman for the building department, on Wednesday evening in the SRF «Regionaljournal Zürich Schaffhausen». According to the information, the reports come from two hunters who are familiar with animals. Both said it was a lone animal. It is said that this was seen in Ellikon am Rhein, Truttikon and Buch am Irchel, among other places.
Where the wolf is at the moment is uncertain. It is quite possible that the predator has already moved on, explained Weber. No tears from sheep or other animals were reported. in one Report of the Tamedia newspapers Weber said there was no evidence that there was a pack of wolves in the Zurich region. So far, it has always been a matter of individual animals migrating.
The fishery and hunting administration informed farmers in the Zurich wine region via an SMS warning service. They were instructed to pay attention to herd protection. It is recommended that sheep spend the coming nights indoors.
Wolves have been spotted in the canton time and time again since 2014. The greatest damage was done when a wolf killed 25 sheep on a pasture in Bonstetten on the night of March 24 of this year, all mother sheep with their lambs. It is suspected that the wolf crawled under the electric fence.
