Overview
- Niedersachsen reported 63 confirmed HPAI H5 outbreaks with 1,016,282 poultry killed this year, most since mid‑October, and officials flagged a further suspected case involving 360,000 laying hens.
- Authorities expanded containment: Frankfurt issued a citywide stalling order and banned poultry markets, Baden‑Württemberg ordered stalling along the Rhine from Mannheim to the Ortenau district starting Friday, and Bavaria imposed a five‑kilometre stalling zone around the Ismaninger Speichersee.
- Fresh farm cases included two turkey operations in Garrel, Cloppenburg (about 21,100 birds culled) and a goose-fattening farm in Emtinghausen, Verden (around 2,200 geese culled), with protection and surveillance zones enacted.
- Brandenburg said about 170,200 domestic birds were culled within a month and estimated up to 2,800 dead cranes, while new wild-bird detections in NRW (Gladbeck, Unna/Hamm) and Bavaria (including Starnberg) prompted heightened advisories and preparations for possible stalling.
- Federal institutes assess risk to the general public as low but urge people not to touch dead or sick birds and call on keepers to register holdings, report unusual losses, and enforce strict biosecurity to limit spread.