Overview
- Kassel confirmed more than 25 wild-bird cases through the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, prompting a ban on overregional poultry events and new restrictions on transporting birds within the city.
- In Mansfeld-Südharz, authorities will lift a local protection zone and switch to surveillance, with a countywide easing of stall duty under consideration in early December if conditions allow.
- Günzburg ended its temporary restrictions at 00:00 on November 27 following an October outbreak nearby, though officials urged continued adherence to biosecurity in poultry holdings.
- Lower Saxony reported a record roughly 1.37 million poultry culled this year, with the agriculture ministry seeing no short-term relief but expecting fewer outbreaks as flock density declines.
- In the Harz district, the mass death of 1,100 turkeys was traced to contaminated feed, and veterinary officials ruled out avian influenza as the cause.