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Bird Flu Confirmed at Uithuizermeeden Laying Farm With 39,000 Hens to Be Culled

Emergency controls center on a 10‑kilometer movement freeze alongside targeted sampling plus contact tracing.

Overview

  • The Ministry of Agriculture ordered the NVWA to depopulate the infected site, totaling about 39,000 birds.
  • A transport ban within 10 kilometers blocks movements of poultry, hatching and table eggs, manure, and used litter from locations with birds.
  • One holding within 1 kilometer will be sampled and intensively monitored for 14 days, and one farm in the 3‑kilometer zone will be screened by the NVWA.
  • Tracing investigations are underway to identify risky contacts, with potential extra sampling or temporary blocking of contact farms if needed.
  • National housing and tightened visitor restrictions for bird accommodations remain in force, and movements of non‑avian animals are permitted only under strict hygiene protocols.