{"id":7953,"date":"2024-10-22T19:29:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2024-10-22T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:29:46","slug":"main-zoo-in-north-macedonian-capital-shut-down-after-avian-flu-case-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/10\/22\/main-zoo-in-north-macedonian-capital-shut-down-after-avian-flu-case-detected\/","title":{"rendered":"Main zoo in North Macedonian capital shut down after avian flu case detected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/main-zoo-north-macedonian-capital-shut-after-avian-114957916\">ABC News<\/a> The main zoo in North Macedonia\u2019s capital Skopje was closed Saturday after authorities confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press statement, the flu was detected in a goose that died in a pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLaboratory results confirmed a case of the presence of a pathogenic strain of the Avian influenza H5N1 virus,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities immediately put down dozens of ducks, geese, chickens and one jackdaw, which inhabited the same pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The zoo will be closed for at least three weeks. During that period, authorities will disinfect the place, inspect other animals and apply other biosecurity measures aimed to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last cases of bird flu in North Macedonia,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/avian-influenza-overview-September-2022.pdf\">all in wild birds<\/a>, were detected in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/main-zoo-north-macedonian-capital-shut-after-avian-114957916\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"ZSC FPKfKqgVaofFsJZW pHI \">ZSC FPKfKqgVaofFsJZW pHI <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News The main zoo in North Macedonia\u2019s capital Skopje was closed Saturday after authorities confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. According to a press statement, the flu was detected in a goose that died in a pond. \u201cLaboratory results confirmed a case of the presence of a pathogenic strain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[37,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avian-influenza","category-featured-headlines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7954,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions\/7954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}