Overview
- Authorities in Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, set up a two-tier restricted area after the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut confirmed H5N1 at a 40,000-bird laying-hen farm, with the entire flock culled and local sales of poultry meat and eggs halted.
- Since early September, the FLI has logged 48 outbreaks in commercial holdings across ten states, leading to more than 525,000 birds killed, with the highest number of affected farms reported in Lower Saxony.
- New confirmed farm cases include a Puten operation in Lengerich (Emsland) with about 18,000 birds and a Puten farm in Bremervörde (Rotenburg) with roughly 8,800 birds, both followed by 3 km protection and 10 km surveillance zones.
- In Kamp-Lintfort (Wesel district), roughly 18,000 birds were destroyed after an H5 detection; H5N1 confirmation is pending at the FLI and a provisional 10 km zone is in force that will convert to formal 3 km/10 km zones if confirmed.
- Statewide stall orders are in effect in Saarland and Hamburg, with many counties elsewhere imposing indoor-keeping, exhibition and market bans, as mass wild-bird die-offs—especially among cranes—underscore the heightened risk to domestic flocks.