Bird flu: near Witham, Braintree, Essex (AIV 2022/100)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in poultry and captive birds on 9 October 2022.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
27 October 2022
Last updated
10 March 2023 — See all updates
Disease Type:
Bird flu (avian influenza)
Disease control zone restrictions:
No longer in force
Disease control zone type:
Surveillance zone
Virus strain:
H5N1
Case opened date:
9 October 2022
Case closed date:
10 March 2023

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successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

11 January 2023: following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zones, the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone is now part of the 10km surveillance zone.

The birds on the premises have been humanely culled.

Details of the revocation can be found in the declaration.

Download ‘Revocation of the avian influenza surveillance zone’

This revokes the declaration of the merging of the protection zone with the surveillance zone (PDF).

This revokes and replaces:

Declaration of a protection zone and a surveillance zone (PDF).

Further information

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

Check the updated bird flu disease control zone map.

Case number: AIV 2022/100

Published 27 October 2022
Last updated 10 March 2023 + show all updates

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successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

  2. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zones, the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone is now part of the 10km surveillance zone.

  3. First published.