Overview
- The Agriculture Ministry mandated housing of all domestic poultry in designated risk and surveillance zones effective November 10.
- The order covers 40 municipalities—11 in special risk areas and 29 under special surveillance—after the surveillance zone was expanded this week.
- Measures under Order APA/2442/2006 ban outdoor rearing, limit participation in fairs, require indoor housing or netted enclosures, and restrict untreated water accessible to wild birds.
- Authorities report 139 EU poultry outbreaks and 708 wild-bird events since July 1, with 14 farm outbreaks in Spain motivating the preventive action.
- Galicia has detected H5N1 only in wild birds so far, and farmers are urged to heighten biosecurity and promptly report sick or dead birds.