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Bird Flu Confirmed at Dodewaard Farm as NVWA Culls 161,000 Chickens

The outbreak comes under a nationwide housing order for commercial birds introduced on 16 October.

Overview

  • The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is culling about 161,000 birds at a layer‑rearing farm in Dodewaard, Gelderland.
  • A transport ban is in force across a 10‑kilometer zone, covering movements of poultry, hatching and table eggs, manure, used litter, and other animal products.
  • Zetten and Andelst lie within the 3‑kilometer area that contains one other poultry company, while 25 commercial poultry businesses are in the wider 10‑kilometer zone.
  • The NVWA is tracing potentially risky contacts and could order additional sampling or temporarily block farms that had contact with the infected site.
  • The farm owner confirmed to Omroep Gelderland that the affected company is his, and producer representatives support the housing order while urging earlier seasonal start dates.