Overview
- The Mühldorf district confirmed a Newcastle disease case in Buchbach on Monday after the Friedrich-Löffler-Institut identified the virus in samples.
- Authorities imposed a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone that reach into eastern Erding, and ordered all poultry in these areas to be kept indoors under a published general order.
- The affected holding consists of three barns with a total of 77,000 birds near the Erding boundary.
- The new case follows regional outbreaks earlier this year that led to about 130,000 chickens being culled before restrictions were lifted in April.
- Officials stress the disease poses little danger to people, with rare mild flu-like symptoms or eye irritation reported.