Outbreak of avian influenza on the territory of the poultry farm in Belaya Kalitva district of Rostov region will not affect the consumer market of the region due to the high competition in the industry. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday by the Director of the Department of consumer market of Rostov region Irina Talanova.

Previously, the focus of bird flu were detected on the territory of the poultry farm "Belaya Kalitva". It was reported that the epizootic area were determined, the entire enterprise territory, endangered area - the entire area within a radius of 5 km (the town of Belaya Kalitva, the Upper Popov Khutor, Khutor Gorohovski and the village of Pine), surveillance zone - the area within a 10 km radius After the incident at the poultry farm veterinarians carry out clinical inspection of poultry in private farms and vaccination.

"Today we have enough serious development competition, very fast production birds can be replaced. Absolutely on the consumer market [in the region] is not affected, it may affect some systemic deliveries. In Russia we have enough producers, competition remains high. The share of this particular manufacturer it is not so significant to affect the overall consumer market," said Tolarova.

Poultry Belokalitvinskiy - effective poultry forming enterprise in Belaya Kalitva district of Rostov region. It works since 1930.

Avian influenza is a viral infection of birds with a high degree of infectivity, which can occur among them as asymptomatic, and cause their death. Most strains of avian influenza to humans is not dangerous, but some cause severe disease.