Two more poultry herds were found infected with the contagious bird flu of the H5N8 type on Wednesday.
This is stated by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration in a press release.
These are a herd with 27,600 turkeys in Sønderupsønder between Slagelse and Skælskør on West Zealand and a herd with 2200 gray ducks in Illebølle on Langeland.
Both are business crews. The animals will be killed in the coming days.
In the last four months, a total of 13 Danish poultry herds have been affected by bird flu and killed by the authorities.
According to the press release from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, the producer of turkeys has previously been affected by a number of outbreaks in southern and western Zealand recently.
Outbreaks of bird flu mean that all owners of hobby chickens, ducks and other poultry will be subject to special restrictions in zones of three and ten kilometers respectively from the affected herds.
Within a radius of three kilometers of the affected herd, poultry owners will be required to register their animals by 25 March.
Within a radius of ten kilometers, it is prohibited from today to sell eggs and to move eggs, chickens and other poultry out of the zone without permission from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
It is believed that the bird flu was brought to Europe with the autumn bird migration from Russia and Kazakhstan.
Bird flu can infect humans. But the Statens Serum Institut assessed in the autumn that it is not likely that humans will be infected with the types of bird flu that are currently circulating.