25.03.2011

A LPAI H7N1 strain was found at a poultry farm in southwestern the Netherlands.
A government statement said the avian influenza H7 was found in a farm in the village Schore in Zeeland province, around 170 kilometres south-west of Amsterdam near the border with Belgium. It said all 127,500 chickens at the farm would be killed, while a movement ban on poultry and eggs has gone into effect.

The Netherlands produces around 9.7 billion eggs annually, accounting for more than 7 percent of the total European Union production.