Notifiable animal disease cases and control zones

From:: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

Find notifiable exotic animal disease cases and control zone declarations for England.

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Bird flu: avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) (England)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: All
- Opened: 13 December 2024
Bird flu: fourth premises near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV2026/17)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 14 April 2026
- Closed: 20 May 2026
Bird flu: fifth premises near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV2026/19)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 17 April 2026
- Closed: 20 May 2026
Bird flu: near Great Shelford, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire (AIV2026/18)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 14 April 2026
- Closed: 19 May 2026
Bird flu: second case near Market Rasen, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV2026/16)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 11 April 2026
- Closed: 15 May 2026
Bird flu: near Pickering, Thirsk and Malton, Yorkshire (AIV2026/15)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 3 March 2026
- Closed: 9 April 2026
Bird flu: near Ancroft, Northumberland, Northumberland (AIV 2026/14)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 14 February 2026
- Closed: 20 March 2026
Bird flu: Near Mundford, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2026/07)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 15 January 2026
- Closed: 11 March 2026
Bird flu: near Needham Market, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk (AIV 2026/12)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 30 January 2026
- Closed: 5 March 2026
Bird flu: near Newington, Swale, Kent (AIV 2025/71)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 27 October 2025
- Closed: 2 March 2026
Bird flu: near Bacton, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk (AIV2026/09)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 19 January 2026
- Closed: 28 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Bacton, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk (AIV2026/10)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 19 January 2026
- Closed: 28 February 2026
Bird flu: third near York, York, North Yorkshire (AIV2026/08)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 15 January 2026
Bird flu: second near York, York, North Yorkshire (AIV2026/05)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 13 January 2026
Bird flu: near Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV2025/124)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 8 December 2025
- Closed: 24 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (AIV 2025/139, previously AIV SOS 2025/05)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 30 December 2025
- Closed: 24 February 2026
Bird flu: third premises near Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2025/132)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 22 December 2025
- Closed: 22 February 2026
Bird flu: third premises near Newington, Swale, Kent (AIV 2025/125)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 13 December 2025
- Closed: 20 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Newington, Swale, Kent (AIV2025/120)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 3 December 2025
- Closed: 20 February 2026
Bird flu: near Mundford, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV2025/112)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 25 November 2025
- Closed: 18 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Mundford, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2025/117)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 30 November 2025
- Closed: 18 February 2026
Bird flu: third premises near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (AIV 2026/02)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: Surveillance zone
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 8 January 2026
- Closed: 17 February 2026
Bird flu: near Chedburgh, West Suffolk, Suffolk (AIV 2025/119)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 3 December 2025
- Closed: 16 February 2026
Bird flu: third premises near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/121)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 5 December 2025
- Closed: 16 February 2026
Bird flu: near York, York, North Yorkshire (AIV2025/135)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 24 December 2025
- Closed: 16 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2025/130)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 20 December 2025
- Closed: 13 February 2026
Bird flu: near Welton, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV2025/126)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 14 December 2025
- Closed: 13 February 2026
Bird flu: near Sudbrooke, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/122)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 6 December 2025
- Closed: 13 February 2026
Bird flu: near Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (AIV 2025/136, previously AIV SOS 2025/04)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 26 December 2025
- Closed: 12 February 2026
Bird flu: near Ely, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire (AIV2025/114)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 27 November 2025
- Closed: 12 February 2026
Bird flu: near Market Rasen, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/131)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 21 December 2025
- Closed: 11 February 2026
Bird flu: near Brockworth, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (AIV2025/127)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 18 December 2025
- Closed: 11 February 2026
Bird flu: near Swaffham, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2025/103)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 15 November 2025
- Closed: 8 February 2026
Bird flu: a second premises near Swaffham, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2025/109)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 23 November 2025
- Closed: 8 February 2026
Bird flu: near Dalton-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria (AIV2025/111)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 24 November 2025
- Closed: 6 February 2026
Bird flu: near Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, Cheshire (AIV2025/118)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 2 December 2025
- Closed: 6 February 2026
Bird flu: near Alvechurch, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (AIV 2025/137)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 27 December 2025
- Closed: 6 February 2026
Bird flu: near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/110)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 23 November 2025
- Closed: 5 February 2026
Bird flu: second premises near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/115)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 28 November 2025
- Closed: 5 February 2026
Bird flu: near Grassington, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2026/03)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 9 January 2026
- Closed: 5 February 2026
Bird flu: near Driffield, Bridlington and The Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire (AIV2025/107)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 19 November 2025
- Closed: 4 February 2026
Bird flu: near Bridgwater, Somerset, Somerset (AIV 2025/138)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 29 December 2025
- Closed: 3 February 2026
Bird flu: near Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (AIV2025/104)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 16 November 2025
- Closed: 1 February 2026
Bird flu: premises near Ashcott, Wells and Mendip Hills, Somerset (AIV 2025/116)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 29 November 2025
- Closed: 1 February 2026
Bird flu: near Castle Hedingham, Braintree, Essex (AIV 2025/123)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 6 December 2025
Bird flu: Near Lydd, Folkstone and Hythe, Kent (AIV 2025/113)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 25 November 2025
- Closed: 29 January 2026
Bird flu: near Watton, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV2025/102)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 15 November 2025
- Closed: 27 January 2026
Bird flu: near Lawshall, Babergh, Suffolk (AIV 2025/106)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 18 November 2025
Bird flu: near Bicester, Cherwell, Oxfordshire (AIV 2025/129)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 20 December 2025
- Closed: 23 January 2026
Bird flu: near Woodbridge, East Suffolk, Suffolk (AIV2025/97)
- type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
- Control zone restriction: No longer in force
- Control zone type: None
- Virus strain: H5N1
- Opened: 12 November 2025
- Closed: 23 January 2026

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