Netherland: Bird flu detected at hobby holder in Zegveld

Published 2022년 11월 14일

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Bird flu has been confirmed at a hobby farm in the Netherlands, leading to the culling of around 100 ornamental water birds and the implementation of transportation and hunting bans in the affected area. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has imposed national measures, including housing and shielding obligations for commercially kept birds, a protective obligation for non-commercially kept high-risk birds, and a ban on exhibiting poultry, waterfowl, and ratites. A tracing investigation is underway to identify high-risk contacts, with additional measures to be taken based on the investigation's findings.

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality reports that bird flu has been diagnosed in Zegveld (municipality of Woerden, province of Utrecht) on a small-scale hobby farm with ornamental waterfowl. Approximately 100 ornamental water birds are kept at the location. In addition, there are wild birds. To prevent the virus from spreading, the birds present are culled by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). There are no poultry farms with animals within the restricted zones (one, three, and ten kilometers) around the site. In the three-kilometre zone there is a poultry farm that has been empty for a long time and in the ten-kilometre zone there is one other poultry farm. This company is also currently empty. The transport ban in the restricted zone around the outbreak concerns all birds and hatching and table eggs from a location with birds. The ban also applies to bird manure and used litter, and to other animals and animal products from poultry farms. ...

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