Bird flu: near Burscough, West Lancashire, Lancashire (AIV 2022/101)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in captive birds on 9 October 2022.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
27 October 2022
Last updated
27 January 2023 鈥� See all updates
Disease Type:
Bird flu (avian influenza)
Disease control zone restrictions:
No longer in force
Disease control zone type:
Captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone
Virus strain:
H5N1
Case opened date:
9 October 2022
Case closed date:
27 January 2023

27 January: Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 3km captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone has been revoked.

皇冠体育app birds on the premises have been humanely culled.

Details can be found in the (PDF).

This revokes:

皇冠体育app CBMCZ (PDF).

Check the updated .

Check if you need a licence to move poultry, poultry by-products, eggs, material or mammals.

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Published 27 October 2022
Last updated 27 January 2023 show all updates

  1. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 3km captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone has been revoked.

  2. First published.