Overview
- Brandenburg confirmed H5N1 at a Märkisch-Oderland operation with 10,000 Peking ducks slated for culling, bringing the state to 11 detections in kept birds and about 155,000 poultry killed this autumn.
- Lower Saxony reported two infected turkey farms in Rotenburg, where 8,800 and 13,800 birds were destroyed as authorities set up protection and 10‑kilometre surveillance zones and enforced stall rules for larger flocks.
- Wildlife monitors report unprecedented crane mortality, with more than 2,200 carcasses collected in Linumer Teichland in Brandenburg and roughly 2,000 recovered in Saxony‑Anhalt, where totals could be significantly higher.
- Germany’s Friedrich‑Loeffler‑Institut says the wave is unlikely to subside quickly and expects infection patterns to shift with migrating birds, noting few cases so far in the south.
- Officials and experts describe the human health risk as low and urge reporting clusters of sick or dead birds and avoiding carcasses, while an ornithologist calls for a nationwide stall order and testing of manure before field application.