Bird flu: premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 27 January 2025.

Case information

3 March 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

20 February 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.

27 January 2025

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08).

A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises. All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled.

Declarations

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

This revokes and replaces:

Download the declaration of an avian influenza protection and surveillance zone (PDF)

Further information

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Case number: AIV 2025/08

Updates to this page

Published 27 January 2025
Last updated 3 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

  2. Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Alford, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/08), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.

  3. First published.