Nearly six million poultry have been culled in the Netherlands since October last year. This applies to broiler farms such as in Blije, but elsewhere in the Netherlands also laying hen farms, broiler ducks and turkeys. In addition, more than a million animals on farms have been culled as a preventative measure, and the virus also claims many victims in the wild. According to the NWVA, it is already the deadliest year of flu in Europe since the outbreak in 2003, when 30 million animals were culled in 255 locations.
