Newcastle disease is spreading rapidly in Germany. Since the first case was discovered on 20 February – the first such case in 30 years – the number of cases has risen to 40 as of 24 March, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Instituts FLI reports. “This affects both large-scale commercial farms with laying hens, turkeys and broiler chickens as well as small-scale operations, such as hobby farms. While we do n...