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Bird flu: near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2024/02)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N5 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 5 November 2024.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published:
5 November 2024
Last updated:
10 December 2024
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  1. The 10km surveillance zone has ended after successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the surveillance zone around the premises.

  2. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.

  3. First published.

Disease Type:
Bird flu (avian influenza)
Disease control zone restrictions:
No longer in force
Disease control zone type:
None
Virus strain:
H5N5
Case opened date:
5 November 2024
Case closed date:
10 December 2024

Case information

10 December 2024

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the surveillance zone around the premises, the 10km surveillance zone has ended.

1 December 2024

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.

5 November 2024

Highly Pathogenic avian influenza H5N5 was confirmed in a commercial poultry premises and a protection zone and a surveillance zone has been declared. All poultry on the premises have been humanely culled.

Download the revocation of the avian influenza Surveillance Zone near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire

This revokes:

Declaration of the ending of a Protection Zone (H5N5 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza) – near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, made at 20:25 on 5th November and the area that formed that Protection Zone becomes part of the Surveillance Zone

This revokes and replaces:

Declaration of the avian influenza protection and surveillance zone

Further information

Case number: AIV 2024/02.

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