27.07.2015

A case of the highly-pathogenic avian influenza H7N7 has been found on a poultry farm in Landkreis Emsland, ower Saxony, in north Germany.
The 10,000 egg-laying hens on the farm have been culled. Three backyard flocks on neighbouring farms have also been culled as a precaution.
The outbreak was located less that 1km from a premises which had reported H7N7 LPAI on June 11th 2015 and this new IP tested negative in the course of disease investigations into LPAI.
Lower Saxony, a leading poultry production region, reported outbreaks of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in December, as well as cases of the low pathogenic form of the H7N7 strain in March and June this year.
In the last few months there have been several reported outbreaks of H7N7 avian influenza viruses in poultry in Europe. The UK had a low pathogenicity strain in February, Netherlands had two outbreaks of LPAI in March and April while Germany had two outbreaks of LPAI in both March and June.