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 "The virus has probably come with migratory birds. We've decided to
ban outdoor poultry until the moment that we assess the danger is
over," Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolusic said.
The bird flu virus was detected on Saturday on a farm some 30 km (20
miles) southeast of Zagreb. Poultry will also be culled on around a
dozen small farms, involved in non-intensive farming, in the
immediate vicinity.
At the end of last year a similar case struck another farm in
northeastern Croatia.
The H5N8 strain, which is deadly for poultry but has not been found
in humans, has spread across Europe and the Middle East since late
last year, leading to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of
farmed birds and the confinement of flocks indoors.
(Reporting by Igor Ilic; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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