WildLife Group
of the SAVA
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
H5N8 in the UK and Europe
Dr Helen Roberts & Professor Ian Brown
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Animal & Plant Health Agency
Veterinary & Science Policy Advice Team - International Disease Monitoring
Updated Outbreak Assessment #15
29th September 2017
Since our last update on 8th August 2017, there have
been no further cases or findings in the UK. All C&D
has been completed and we have self-declared to the
OIE that the UK is free of HPAI, as of 13th September
2017.
In Europe, reports of H5N8 HPAI have continued in a
number of countries. Italy has reported seven more
outbreaks of H5N8 HPAI in Mantova, Pavia, Lodi,
14
Verona, Cremona and Padova. The poultry involved
included mostly fattening turkeys, but also gamebirds
and domestic geese and one smallholding.
In all cases, disease control measures are in place;
most introductions are considered to be primary
incursions with little secondary spread observed.
Wild birds positive for H5N8 HPAI have been reported
in Italy (Bergamo; a common shelduck, Tadorna