Overview

• The outbreak was detected at a site in Gasselternijveenschemond near Stadskanaal, the first confirmed Dutch case since March.
• The affected holding keeps parent broiler breeders that produce eggs for meat chickens, indicating supply-chain relevance for the sector.
• A 10-kilometre zone now has a transport ban covering 31 commercial poultry farms, with confinement and shielding required for birds.
• Six farms within 3 kilometres are being inspected as tracing checks for contacts with infected poultry or products.
• The NVWA says there is currently no nationwide confinement-and-shielding duty in place.