13.10.2017

H5N2 (LPAI)  avian influenza has been found in a laying hen flock in Sint Philipsland (municipality Tholen, Zeeland).
In total there are approximately 42,000 laying hens.
All birds will be culled. 
The last time avian influenza was found in a commercial farm in the Netherlands, was on Christmas last year.
In January, avian flu was detected among backyard poultry in Gelderland and Noord-Holland.
It is a new blow for the Dutch poultry industry which since August has been at the centre of a tainted egg scandal that spread across several European countries and even as far as Hong Kong. Millions of eggs were dumped, and some 3.2 million chickens were killed after the banned insecticide fipronil was found to have been used in poultry farms to combat red mites. Some 267 Dutch poultry farms are still closed, awaiting the all-clear from health officials to resume production.