LUNT It was quiet for a few days, but bird flu was once again diagnosed at a poultry farm with laying hens in Lunteren. It is probably a highly contagious variant. To prevent the virus from spreading, the approximately 50,000 animals on the infected farm are culled. It is the tenth infection in the Barneveld/Lunteren region since Tuesday 12 April. In total, many hundreds of thousands of animals were culled by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).
There are five poultry farms in the 1-kilometre zone around the infected farm, three of which are empty, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The other two companies are being removed as a precaution to prevent the virus from spreading to surrounding companies. “The companies are located in a poultry-dense area. If preventive clearance is not carried out, the contamination in this area can quickly spread to surrounding companies,” the ministry said.
MONITORING There are 37 other poultry farms within the 3-kilometre zone that are screened for bird flu by the NVWA. In addition, these companies will be intensively monitored over the next fourteen days for signals that may indicate bird flu. A number of the companies in the 3-kilometre zone have already been included in the screening and monitoring after other infections in the Barneveld/Lunteren region.
TRANSPORT BAN There are 196 other poultry farms in the 10-kilometre zone; the transport ban applies immediately for this zone. A large part of these companies are located in zones for which a transport ban was previously announced, after infections in Voorthuizen, Lunteren and Barneveld.
Also read: ‘Bird flu Gelderse Vallei seems to be spread between companies’
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TEN BIRD FLU INFECTIONS SINCE 12 APRIL – CLEARANCES AT 41 FARMS
– Thursday 28 April, Lunteren, laying company with approximately 50,000 laying hens. Culling two other poultry farms within 1-kilometer zone, number of animals not disclosed (total 3 farms)
– Sunday 24 April, Barneveld, laying company with approximately 17,000 chickens. This company would already be removed as a preventive measure, because it is located within a 1-kilometer zone of infected company Terschuur (April 23). Culling three other poultry farms within 1-kilometer zone of Barneveld’s company, number of animals not disclosed. (total 3 new companies)
– Saturday 23 April, Terschuur, breeding company with chickens, approximately 28,600 animals, culling of one other poultry farm within a 1-kilometre zone, number of animals not disclosed. (total 2 companies)
– Friday April 22l, Lunteren, poultry farm with approximately 88,000 laying hens. Preventive culling of seven other poultry farms within a 1-kilometre zone, number of animals not disclosed. (total 8 companies)
– Thursday 21 April, Lunteren, duck farm with approximately 3,000 animals. Preventive culling at seven other poultry farms within a 1-kilometre zone, totaling more than 145,000 animals. (total 8 companies)
– Wednesday 20 April, Lunteren, two poultry companies with laying hens (same owner), together approximately 280,000 animals. Preventive culling of five other poultry farms within a 1-kilometre zone, number of animals not disclosed. (total 7 companies)
– Tuesday 19 April, Voorthuizen, poultry farm with approximately 26,000 laying hens. There are no other poultry farms within the 1-kilometre zone. (total 1 company)
– Friday 15 April, Barneveld, poultry farm with approximately 34,000 laying hens. Preventive culling of seven other poultry farms within a 1-kilometre zone. Together – including infected company – an estimated more than 200,000 animals. (total 8 companies)
– Tuesday 12 April, Lunteren, duck farm with approximately 8,500 animals. No preventive culling for three other poultry farms within a 1-kilometre zone.
(total 1 company)
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