Bird flu: second premises near Honington, Suffolk (AIV 2022/77)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 22 September 2022.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
27 October 2022
Last updated
1 December 2022 — 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No longer in force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:
22 September 2022
Case closed date:
1 December 2022

1 December 2022: Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 10km surveillance has been revoked.

22 November 2022: 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 part of the surveillance zone.

Affected birds have been humanely culled.

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

This revokes the declaration of a protection zone merge second near Honington .

This revokes and replaces the declaration of a protection zone and a surveillance zone.

Further information

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

Check the bird flu disease control zone map.

Case number: AIV 2022/77

Published 27 October 2022
Last updated 1 December 2022 + show all updates

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 Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone, the 10km surveillance has been revoked.

  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 part of the surveillance zone.

  3. First published.