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More than 1,800 animals with fur, all from the same breeding farm in the Voio area, have so far been euthanized by euthanasia yesterday as they were found to have been infected with the new coronavirus, the chief told APE-MPE of the Veterinary Service. , Theofilos Kantzoglou.
Total, the mink of the specific farm to be slaughtered amounts to 2,500, which are then buried in a sanitary ditch, which has been opened for this purpose next to the site of the kennel.
Meanwhile, according to Kantzoglou, samples were taken from four other farms in the Voio area, in which they are raised in total about 38,000 animals (approximately 25,000, 1,000, 6,000 and 5,000 respectively) and Results are expected on Monday night or Tuesday at the latest.
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«On one of the four farms, we almost certainly have an infestation, because furry animals show symptoms, while on the other three farms were tested and samples taken because positive owners or employees were found.Explained the head of the Kozani Veterinary Service, noting that the image will be completely sharp only when the test results come out.
According to Mr. Kantzoglou, there are more than 80 fur farms in western Macedonia, of which about 45 in the Voio area, 35 in Kastoria and a few in Grevena.
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