Germany: H5N1 on poultry farm in Brandenburg

02.12.2016

Germany reported a first case of HPAI-H5N1 on a small poultry farm in the northeastern state of Brandenburg. The farm in the Oberhavel district was sealed off and some 500 chicks, ducks and geese were culled.
It's the first time in the current season that this type of avian influenza was detected on a poultry farm in Germany.