Netherlands: Duck farm in Lunteren hit by bird flu

The contamination in Lunteren is a major setback. On March 10 there was an outbreak at an organic laying hen farm in Lunteren and on March 18 at a small-scale farm. The restrictive measures were close to expiry in this area. Now the ban on transport in this area continues. However, because there is still a transport ban, it is not necessary to introduce such a ban in region 10, Gelderse Vallei Zuid. This happened before. The risk of bird flu spreading from the infected farm within region 10 is small. 287 companies in a 10-kilometer zone Three other poultry farms are located in the 1 kilometer zone around the infected farm. These will be blocked, sampled and intensively monitored in the coming days for, among other things, the health of the animals. There are 49 other poultry farms within the 3 kilometer zone, which are sampled. Two of the 49 companies in the 3 kilometer zone that fall just outside the 1 kilometer zone will also be intensively monitored. There are also 235 other ...