Bird flu: near Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside (AIV 2025/16)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 9 February 2025.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
9 February 2025
Last updated
16 March 2025 — See all updates
Disease Type:
Bird flu (avian influenza)
Disease control zone restrictions:
No longer in force
Disease control zone type:
None
Virus strain:
H5N1
Case opened date:
9 February 2025

Case information

16 March 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside (AIV 2025/16), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

9 March 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside (AIV 2025/16), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed it becomes a surveillance zone.

Declarations

Download the declaration of the revocation of a surveillance zone (PDF)

This revokes and replaces the declaration of the ending of a protection zone

This revokes and replaces the declaration of an avian influenza protection zone and surveillance zone (PDF).

Further information

Check:

Case number: AIV 2025/16

Updates to this page

Published 9 February 2025
Last updated 16 March 2025 show all updates

  1. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside (AIV 2025/16), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

  2. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside (AIV 2025/16), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed it becomes a surveillance zone.

  3. First published.

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