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Avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ): biosecurity checklist for bird keepers

If you keep poultry or other captive birds in an AIPZ, use this checklist to make sure you’re meeting the minimum standards to protect them against bird flu.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 10 November 2022
• Last updated: 17 December 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

• Publication for Wales

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AIPZ checklist for poultry and captive bird keepers (Word format)

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AIPZ checklist for poultry and captive bird keepers (ODT format)

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Details

Check if you’re in a zone on the bird flu disease zone map. If you’re in a disease control zone or AIPZ you must follow the rules.

If you keep poultry or other captive birds in an AIPZ, use this self-assessment checklist to make sure you’re meeting the minimum biosecurity standards to protect them against bird flu.

Published 10 November 2022
Last updated 17 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 December 2024

   If you keep poultry or other captive birds in an avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ), your premises must now be registered on the kept bird register. The AIPZ biosecurity checklists have been updated to reflect this.

2. 21 April 2023

   Uploaded new checklists as mandatory housing measures in England and Wales have been lifted. Housing measures are still in place in some bird flu control zones.

3. 10 November 2022

   First published.