Overview
- More than 1,016,000 poultry have been culled in Niedersachsen this year across 63 outbreaks, with most cases since mid‑October and hotspots in Cloppenburg, Vechta and Rotenburg.
- New farm outbreaks include two turkey operations in Garrel (11,100 and 10,000 birds) and a gander farm in Emtinghausen, Verden (~2,200 birds), prompting culls and protection and surveillance zones that extend into Diepholz and Nienburg covering nearly 300 holdings with about 11,600 birds.
- Authorities tightened targeted measures: Frankfurt issued a stall order and banned poultry markets; Baden‑Württemberg will require stall housing along the Rhine from Mannheim to Ortenau; Bavaria imposed 3–5 km risk‑based stall rules around the Ismaninger Speichersee affecting parts of Ebersberg, Erding and München‑Land.
- Wild‑bird die‑offs continue, including roughly 2,800 cranes reported dead in Brandenburg, with additional H5N1 confirmations in North Rhine‑Westphalia (Gladbeck, Dorsten, Unna) and localized actions in areas such as Kyffhäuserkreis, where finds have eased but restrictions remain.
- Health authorities report no human H5N1 cases in Germany and urge the public not to handle dead birds; poultry owners are told to strengthen biosecurity and ensure registrations, with statutory compensation in place and a planned federal increase of the per‑bird cap.