Bird flu: second premises near Kelvedon, Braintree, Essex (AIV 2022/117)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial housed poultry on 13 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No longer in force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:
13 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successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

1 January 2023: 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.

The poultry on the premises have been humanely culled.

Details of the revocation can be found in the declaration.

Download ‘declaration of the end of a surveillance zone’

This revokes the protection zone declaration (PDF).

This revokes and replaces the 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 2022/117

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successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance within the zone, the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.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 in the zone, the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.

  3. First published.