There is still no known case in the district, but in the neighborhood: To protect poultry holdings from avian influenza, the Fürstenfeldbruck District Office has ordered poultry to be stabled.
Fürstenfeldbruck - To protect poultry holdings from avian influenza, the Fürstenfeldbruck District Office orders poultry to be housed.
The obligation applies to all private and commercial owners of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, partridges, pheasants, ratites, quails, ducks and geese.
The animals must be kept in closed stables or under a device that consists of a protruding, tight cover secured against entry and a side border secured against the intrusion of wild birds, as the district office reports.
The decisive factor is the risk assessment
According to a current risk assessment by the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, the risk of infection for all of Bavaria is currently considered to be high.
Housing poultry to prevent contact with wild birds is the most effective measure to protect poultry populations. In addition, bio-security measures have been in place for all poultry holdings since February.
These measures are intended to prevent the pathogen from entering and spreading from farmed poultry holdings.
So far, 24 cases of avian influenza in wild birds and four cases in domestic poultry have been officially identified in Bavaria.
In Upper Bavaria, infected wild birds were found in the districts of Starnberg, Landsberg am Lech and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.
Birds found dead should not be touched and the findings of water birds and birds of prey should be reported to the Fürstenfeldbruck Veterinary Office.
Further information on avian influenza can be found here.