Avian flu: the EU gives the green light to the vaccination of chickens

The images of seagulls and other birds killed by flu on the shores of Lake Garda have struck everyone. But it is above all the poultry industry that has so far suffered the worst consequences of the largest outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus ever recorded.

For this reason, farmers and the European Union have succumbed to what has so far been a taboo, here as overseas: from 12 March, in fact, animals and goods from countries where animals are vaccinated against this disease can be imported and exchanged in Europe. harmonizing animal vaccination rules from above.