Overview
- The Dutch Wildlife Health Centre confirmed at least one sick mute swan from Lelystad had avian influenza, marking the first verified wild-bird case since June.
- DWHC reports eight positive test results in dead wild birds across seven provinces, including greylag, barnacle and Canada geese, a mute swan and an Egyptian goose.
- Gelderland registered a new detection at a hobbyholder site in Hummelo with about 150 birds to be culled and transport restrictions imposed within a 10‑kilometer zone.
- Earlier this week authorities identified avian influenza at a large holding in Dodewaard, where roughly 161,000 birds were culled.
- A nationwide housing order for commercial flocks and shielding for risk birds has been in force since 16 October, alongside a government vaccine trial scheduled to run into early 2027.