UK: 7th bird flu outbreak in poultry near Attleborough in Norfolk

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Source: https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/seventh-bird-flu-case-confirmed-near-attleborough-9318724

Seventh bird flu case confirmed at Norfolk virus hotspot
Chris Hill
Published: 7:57 AM October 10, 2022

A seventh case of bird flu has been confirmed near Attleborough - prompting another poultry cull in Norfolk's virus hotspot.

Government vets identified a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in poultry near Little Ellingham.

Defra said all birds on the infected premises will be humanely culled, and a 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone were put in place around the site...

 

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United Kingdom - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Immediate notification

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
COUNTRY/TERRITORY

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

EVENT ID
4644

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1

START DATE
2022/09/24

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2021/05/05

CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/09/30

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_157386

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2022/10/10

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Contact with wild species

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
A full epidemiological investigation is being carried out. Official zoning has been implemented around the affected sites comprising a 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone.
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https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4644