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answer text: Defra’s approach to avian influenza control is set out in the Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain supported by the Mitigation Strategy for Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in England and Wales. On the 9th January 2023, Defra published the Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 rapid risk assessment Catching-up of wild gamebirds in winter 2022 to 2023 which sets out the risk levels associated with the spread of this year’s strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 and the ‘catching up’ process. The risk assessment confirms that at present, while avian influenza virus continues to circulate in wild birds across GB at unprecedented levels, the catching up and movement of wild gamebirds could include infected birds. Following this risk assessment and recognising the conclusions of the assessment, the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fanimal-disease-cases-england%2Favian-influenza-prevention-zone-aipz-including-housing-measures-the-whole-of-england&data=05%7C01%7Cedc.outbreak.comms%40defra.gov.uk%7C795b625729fc45b4f81008daf2e82f7b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638089376469712033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GkV8t36oiEP6pULsv5Aj3w7sNL35NtcdyIlV0DNdGu8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"> Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) was amended to introduce additional controls on the movement of caught up gamebirds. New rules mean that recently caught up birds cannot be moved for 21 days. This will help reduce the risk of the disease spreading and maintain our strict biosecurity standards. Detailed requirements can be found in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fanimal-disease-cases-england%2Favian-influenza-prevention-zone-aipz-including-housing-measures-the-whole-of-england&data=05%7C01%7Cedc.outbreak.comms%40defra.gov.uk%7C795b625729fc45b4f8…
answer given date: 2023-02-02+00:00
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