News item | 24-11-2025 | 11:11
In Terschuur, municipality of Barneveld, province of Gelderland, bird flu has been diagnosed for the second time in a week at a laying poultry farm. To prevent the virus from spreading, the approximately 28,000 hens are being culled by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).
There are 4 other poultry companies in the 1-kilometer zone around this new infected location, 18 companies in the 3-kilometer zone and 217 companies in the 10-kilometer zone. A number of these companies are also located in the restriction zone around the infections in Bennekom on November 10th and Terschuur on November 17th. The companies in the 1 and 3 km zone are screened by the NVWA and then monitored for 10 days by means of cadaver sampling and intensively monitored for 14 days by telephone monitoring.
Transport ban
A transport ban applies immediately to the entire restricted zone. This means that no birds, hatching eggs and/or eggs for consumption may be transported from locations with birds in this zone. There is also a ban on the disposal of bird manure and used litter. Animals other than birds and their products may be transported to and from locations with birds, provided this is done in accordance with the strict conditions of the hygiene protocol.
These measures are necessary to prevent spread to other parts of the country. Where exactly this is can be seen on the animal disease viewer of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).
National measures
Since October 16, 2025, there has been a national cage and shielding obligation in the Netherlands. The cage requirement applies to all commercially kept birds. The shielding obligation applies to non-commercially kept risk birds (for example chickens kept as a hobby).
Tracing investigation
The NVWA carries out tracing research into risky contacts. This investigates whether products or poultry were transported to and from this location in the period prior to the report. If necessary, additional measures will be taken, such as additional sampling or blocking a risky contact company. These measures will be reported via an update to this press release and via the online channels of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN).