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Avian influenza (bird flu): epidemiology reports
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Part of:
- Animal and plant health
- Published:
- 12 March 2015
- Last updated:
- 18 July 2017, see all updates
Investigations carried out to describe and explain cases of avian influenza (bird flu).
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The following reports have been published, summarising the epidemiological investigations carried out to describe and explain cases of:
- H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: 3 additional infected small-holder premises, April to May 2017
- H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: between December 2016 and March 2017
- H7N7 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: near Preston, Lancashire, July 2015
- H7N7 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza: in broiler breeder chickens, February 2015
- H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: in breeding ducks on a premises in Yorkshire, November 2014
We’ve separately published the epidemiology report into the avian influenza case in Dunfermline, Scotland in 2016.
Document information
Published: 12 March 2015
Updated: 18 July 2017
- Updated June 2017 epidemiology report: The description of IP9 on p24 has been changed from grandparent broiler-breeder unit to broiler-breeder unit, in order to more accurately reflect the nature of the business
- Added national epidemiology report on cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 on 3 additional infected small-holder premises, April to May 2017.
- Added national epidemiology report on cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 between December 2016 and March 2017.
- Uploaded corrected version of epi report for July 2015 outbreak - fixed unreadable text on page 33 and changed the number of PZ duck holdings on page 34 has been changed from 16 to 15.
- Added epidemiology report for H7N7 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak in near Preston, Lancashire, July 2015.
- First published.