Hungary has found more suspected bird flu cases among geese near a farm where the highly pathogenic strain of the virus was confirmed last week, the Agriculture Ministry said today.
"Due to the strong suspicion of bird flu it was necessary to order the culling of 9,400 geese on the morning of January 27th," the ministry said in a statement.
The village of Derekegyhaz where the sick geese were found is in the southeastern Csongrad county, close to the area where authorities culled 3,300 geese last week.
Several countries have imposed import bans on Hungarian poultry after the bird flu outbreak, the first in the European Union this year.