Poultry farms can only be repopulated and repopulated under strict conditions following the avian influenza epidemic

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This is confirmed by the high number of positive cases found in the surveillance program conducted by the animal health authority (from wild birds continuously). The issuance of the repopulating permit requested by the keeper/owner will always be preceded by an official on-site inspection. In order to avoid another significant epidemic wave similar to last autumn, repopulations can only take place under strict conditions! After the lifting, new stock may only be repopulated into the areas of the surveillance districts (whether the farm is affected by an outbreak or not) with the permission of the animal health authority. The necessary permit will be issued by the territorially competent veterinary authority based on the application for introduction submitted by the keeper/owner. The issuance of the introduction permit for all farms will be preceded by an official on-site inspection, during which photographic documentation of the findings will be prepared. In the case of farms found unsuitable for introduction, a new application may be submitted after thirty days at the earliest. In those holdings where an outbreak of avian influenza has been detected three or more times after 1 January 2020 (being a high-risk farm), the first official on-site inspection will be carried out with the simultaneous participation of the National Epidemiological Control Centre, the epidemiological advisor of the Poultry Product Council and the territorially competent authority. The authority will only grant a permit for re-establishment and introduction of these farms if all three stakeholders unanimously consider the given holding to be appropriate from an epidemic control perspective.

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