Overview
- An official resolution published Monday in the BOCM extends the avian influenza protocol to the entire City of Madrid after an H5N1 case confirmed Thursday in a peacock at El Retiro.
- The measures ban outdoor rearing of poultry, the mixing of ducks and geese with other domestic birds, and the use of water sources accessible to wild birds.
- Officials prohibit using anseriformes and charadriiformes as hunting decoys and suspend the presence of poultry or captive birds at fairs, exhibitions and other animal concentration centers across the region.
- All poultry operations must strengthen biosecurity, including cleaning and disinfection protocols and securing water storage and supply points.
- The current outbreak control rules are set to remain in force in principle until November 30, 2025, with authorities stressing very limited human transmissibility and no risk from properly cooked poultry products.