Bird flu: near Elham, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent (AIV 2023/37)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 20 July 2023.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
20 July 2023
Last updated
23 August 2023 — See all updates
Disease Type:
Bird flu (avian influenza)
Disease control zone restrictions:
No longer in force
Disease control zone type:
None
Virus strain:
H5N1
Case opened date:
20 July 2023
Case closed date:
23 August 2023

23 August 2023: Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

18 August 2023: Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 3km protection zone has been lifted and the area that formed the protection zone becomes part of the surveillance zone.

All poultry on the premises have been humanely culled.

Details of the measures that apply in this zone are in the declaration.

Download the declaration of revocation of the avian influenza surveillance zone (PDF)

This revokes the declaration of the ending of a protection zone (PDF)

This revokes and replaces:

Download the declaration of a protection zone and a surveillance zone (PDF)

Further Information

Check the updated bird flu disease control zone map.

Check if you need a licence to move poultry, poultry by-products, eggs, material or mammals

Case number: AIV 2023/37

Published 20 July 2023
Last updated 23 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

  2. 18 August 2023: Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 3km protection zone has been lifted and the area that formed the protection zone becomes part of the surveillance zone.

  3. First published.