Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22167

Avian Influenza and Notifiable Diseases

Tabled: 6 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mallard and (b) other gamebird rearing and release facilities have been found to be infected with (i) highly pathogenic avian influenza and (ii) which other notifiable dis

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...

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