A wild swan bird flu outbreak was handled in Pingland, Shanxi Province

Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, November 28 (Reporters Wang Feihang, Yang Chenguang) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Information Office announced on November 26, Shanxi Province transport city Ping lu county wild swan H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak. Reporters from Ping lu county government learned that since the outbreak, the local active disposal, as of 11 pm on the 28th, the region's wild swans sick 2, 2 dead, in the patrol, no new swan deaths, no human and poultry infections have been found.
According to Yang Yunge, director of the Ping lu county wildlife protection station, on November 18th, at 8 o'clock, pingland county Yellow River Wetlands Rangers in Zhangcun Town, the old town of Yellow River Beach patrol, found two large swans died for unknown reasons, and then reported to their superiors. Ping lu County invited experts from the epidemic surveillance department to visit and sample the disease on the spot, and was later confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory as an outbreak of H5N8 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
suspected outbreak occurred, Ping lu county immediately arranged for emergency isolation and disposal of the scene, in the main habitat of the swan hanging protection warning signs 50 blocks, the cloth cordon more than 3000 meters. And immediately closed the Three Bay Swan Scenic Area, visitors and unrelated personnel are prohibited from entering migratory bird habitat and risk areas. The dead swan was treated harmlessly in time, and the scenic spot was sealed off and quarantined.
20 wetland rangers from the Yellow River Wetlands Organization in Ping lu County, China, have been increasing their patrol and monitoring efforts, carrying out round-the-clock patrol monitoring along the Yellow River, and paying close attention to the swan dynamics. Ping lu County Animal and Veterinary Development Center organized a special person, along the yellow 5 km range of poultry farms (households) to carry out full coverage, no dead end comprehensive inspection, and timely emergency immunization.
Ping lu county government said that it will further improve the joint prevention and control mechanism, so that real-time monitoring, early warning, rapid response, do a good job of white swan and other wild migratory birds epidemic surveillance efforts, pay close attention to the dynamics of the epidemic, increase patrol and inspection efforts to ensure that the outbreak does not spread, and effectively safeguard the safety of migratory bird populations and public health security.