Bird flu on a duck farm in Lunteren, Netherlands

The duck farm affected is one of the farms that were screened after the outbreak in Lunteren on August 14. At that screening, the company was still negative. After that, symptoms of bird flu did occur and the company turned out to be positive after repeated tests. The other farms that have been screened and culled preventively have all been negative so far and have no bird flu symptoms. There is one other poultry farm in the 1 kilometer zone of the infected farm that currently houses poultry. This company is also being cleared. There are 32 other poultry companies in the 3 kilometer zone. There are 256 poultry farms in the 10 kilometer zone. The 3 and 10 kilometer zones of this outbreak partially overlap with those of the outbreak in Lunteren on August 14. Transport ban throughout region 10 Not only around Lunteren, but throughout region 10, there is still a transport ban for high-risk birds. Only transport to slaughter and transport of day-old chicks is permitted under certain ...