TVP Poland has culled 11.5 million poultry as a countermeasure against avian influenza outbreaks, the Agriculture Ministry reported on Sunday.
Avian influenza (bird flu) is a serious, contagious viral disease primarily affecting birds, especially poultry.
It can be highly deadly and occasionally infect humans. Newcastle Disease, another viral illness affecting birds, is also often fatal, attacking their respiratory, nervous and digestive systems.
The ministry said that 7.5 million poultry had been culled from affected commercial farms, with an additional 4 million as a precautionary measure on 65 so-called contact farms.
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It added that Poland has so far recorded 82 outbreaks of bird flu on commercial farms and 55 cases in the wild.