Overview
- In Ebersbach (Meißen), the Saxony state lab detected avian influenza in a commercial holding and about 8,000 birds were culled, with protection and surveillance zones and a stall order to be issued on Monday pending FLI confirmation.
- At Bavaria’s Ismaninger Speichersee, authorities closed the Mitteldamm after nearly 100 dead birds were recovered and H5N1 was confirmed in several carcasses, with a local stall obligation expected next week around the lake.
- French control zones near Strasbourg triggered measures on the German side, with the Ortenaukreis activating a stall duty, market bans and stricter hygiene rules in parts of Kehl, Willstätt and Neuried starting Saturday.
- Lower Saxony reported 32 farm outbreaks and roughly 682,000 birds dead or culled since early October, while counties such as Oldenburg and Rotenburg authorized hunters to euthanize visibly sick, flight‑incapable cranes under strict conditions.
- Hesse confirmed infections at 51 locations and imposed a countywide stall order in Darmstadt-Dieburg, and North Rhine-Westphalia agreed a six-point plan with industry on testing, hygiene and event limits; no human cases have been reported.