European bird flu spike due to record wild birds cases, EFSA says

PARIS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks among wild birds and their wide geographic spread are ​driving an early and strong wave of the disease in Europe this ‌year, the European Food Safety Authority said on Thursday. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has led to the ‌culling of hundreds of millions of farmed birds in recent years, disrupting food supplies and increasing prices.