Israel has detected an outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza at a chicken farm in the country's north, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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The bird flu has reportedly spread in coops in Margaliot, a moshav in the Upper Galilee, the ministry said, adding it has isolated the farm, which includes 244,000 chickens, stopped the marketing of its products, and is conducting tests at other nearby farms to see whether a bigger outbreak is at play.
The coops in the area market about six million eggs a month, out of about 200 million eggs consumed every month in Israel.
H5N1 bird flu can also infect other animals, such as pigs, cats and tigers, and in rare cases – humans.
