Back to profile Contact person for... - EA (Evelien) Germeraad MSc News Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2024/2025 18 november 2024 | Infections with highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) type H5N1 on Dutch poultry farms from October 2024, tested positive by Wageningen Bioveterinary... Bird flu vaccines protect chickens in first phase field study 28 mei 2024 | Two bird flu vaccines currently being tested in a field study have been found to protect laying hens from the disease eight weeks after vaccination. Caging obligation for bird flu lifted throughout the Netherlands 25 april 2024 | In recent weeks, the bird flu virus H5N1 has no longer been found in dead or live wild birds and poultry. The caging obligation has been lifted. New research on spread of swine flu 30 november 2023 | The spread of swine flu appears to be changing in recent decades. Industry, veterinarians and Dutch knowledge institutes have joined forces in a...