Overview
- Federal researchers report eight confirmed outbreaks — two in Brandenburg and six in Bavaria’s Erding district — with additional suspicions under review.
- Roughly 125,000 birds have been culled as a precaution, and affected farms are under protection and surveillance zones.
- Parts of Freising’s Moosburg fall within a surveillance zone enforcing stall orders and movement restrictions, largely affecting small hobby flocks.
- Saxony is intensifying vaccination compliance inspections and outreach, vaccination is mandatory for chickens and turkeys, and Thuringia warns of a dynamic threat and advises skipping poultry shows and markets.
- Separate bird flu detections in Bavaria’s Hof and stall requirements in parts of Austria (Vorarlberg) heighten the risk context for poultry and zoos, though human infection risk remains very low.