Overview
- FLI reports 66 infected holdings since September with precautionary culls nearing one million birds, and about 15 additional farm cases over the weekend including a large site in Vorpommern.
- New farm outbreaks triggered mass killings and zones: Harburg’s Wistedt facility will cull 13,000 geese and 26,000 ducks, Ganderkesee removed 5,950 birds, Märkisch‑Oderland ordered 10,000 Peking ducks killed, and Kamp‑Lintfort culled 18,500.
- Counties broaden controls with fresh Stallpflicht orders and buffers, including Darmstadt‑Dieburg’s countywide housing rule, Harburg’s 3 km protection and 10 km surveillance zones, Eichsfeld’s housing mandate, and a protection zone after a case in Gudersleben.
- Wild‑bird impacts escalate as crane mortality soars, with more than 2,200 carcasses collected at Linum in Brandenburg and three new wild‑bird cases confirmed in Saxony; authorities urge the public not to handle dead birds.
- The outbreak widens across borders with Austria designated a national risk area requiring tighter farm biosecurity, while Bavaria holds off on a statewide housing order yet warns of likely case increases and possible egg price pressures.