Avian Influenza 23rd December 2024
As of 23rd December 2024, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency have announced that there have been further findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry and other captive birds in Norfolk, the East Riding of Yorkshire and a further increase in the assessed risk of HPAI in wild birds and poultry. Therefore a regional avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) with mandatory biosecurity and housing measures have been declared in:
- the unitary authorities of the East Riding of Yorkshire
- the City of Kingston upon Hull
- all districts in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
From noon on Monday 23 December 2024 all bird keepers in the AIPZ must keep their birds housed to protect them from bird flu. This applies to pet birds, commercial flocks and just a few birds in a backyard flock.
These housing and biosecurity measures are to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of disease occurring.
For further information and to follow the rules in disease control zones in England click here.
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