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Poultry farmers are urged to prevent their birds from coming into contact with wild birds after 5 animal disease outbreaks were recorded in Moldova between 2–8 November 2026. According to the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA), cited by MOLDPRES, rabies, avian influenza and African swine fever were detected.
Where were the diseases detected?
Rabies outbreaks in cattle were confirmed in Ceapaevca, Drochia district, and Bulbocii Noi, Soroca district. Rabies was also detected in a dog in Vătămăneasa, Călărași district.
Avian influenza was detected in 2 wild swans in the town of Sângerei. The African swine fever outbreak was recorded in pigs in Boghenii Vechi, Ungheni district.
What does this mean for you?
ANSA recommends keeping domestic birds in yards, in enclosed shelters or in fenced areas, with no access to waters frequented by wild birds. Birds should be fed in covered places inaccessible to wild birds, and feed should be stored in enclosed rooms.
Poultry farmers are urged to limit people’s access to areas where birds are kept and to prevent their contact with other animals, including pets. ANSA calls for poultry shelters to be kept separate from pig shelters and for feed scraps intended for these animals not to be shared.
Owners should immediately contact a veterinarian or the local public administration if they notice illness or unusual deaths among birds or mammals on their farms. According to ANSA, signs of avian influenza include difficulty breathing, coughing, loss of appetite and thirst, diarrhoea, paralysis, twisting of the neck and a decrease in egg production.
What measures are recommended to protect people?
Avian influenza can also be transmitted to humans, ANSA warns. The agency recommends washing hands with soap and water after contact with birds, as well as cleaning and disinfecting contaminated surfaces.
Poultry meat, eggs and poultry products should be purchased only from authorised commercial establishments, in accordance with ANSA’s recommendations. Their sale in unauthorised premises is prohibited.
What happens if avian influenza is confirmed on a farm?
Confirmation of avian influenza on a farm leads to the culling of birds and the destruction of carcasses and eggs, according to ANSA. Feed, bedding and manure are also disposed of, and infected premises are cleaned and disinfected.
Avian influenza cannot be treated, the agency says. Owners whose birds are culled following confirmation of the disease are entitled to compensation.
Sources
- MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat — VIDEO // Rabie, gripă aviară și pestă porcină africană, depistate în mai multe raioane. Recomandările ANSA
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- În Republica Moldova au fost înregistrate 5 focare de boli la animale în perioada 2–8 noiembrie 2026. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- Au fost depistate 3 focare de rabie: 2 la bovine, în Ceapaevca, raionul Drochia, și Bulbocii Noi, raionul Soroca, și unul la un câine din Vătămăneasa, raionul Călărași. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- Un focar de gripă aviară a fost confirmat la 2 lebede sălbatice găsite în localitatea Sângerei. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- Un focar de pestă porcină africană la porcine a fost înregistrat în Boghenii Vechi, raionul Ungheni. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- ANSA recomandă împiedicarea contactului păsărilor domestice cu păsările sălbatice, protejarea hranei și separarea adăposturilor pentru păsări de cele pentru porci. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- Îmbolnăvirile sau decesele neobișnuite la păsări ori mamifere din gospodărie trebuie semnalate imediat medicului veterinar sau administrației publice locale. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- Potrivit ANSA, gripa aviară se poate transmite la om, iar comercializarea cărnii de pasăre, a ouălor și a produselor din carne de pasăre în spații neautorizate este interzisă. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
- La confirmarea gripei aviare într-o exploatație, păsările sunt sacrificate, cadavrele și ouăle sunt distruse, iar proprietarii păsărilor nimicite beneficiază de despăgubiri. — MOLDPRES — Agenția Informațională de Stat
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