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Bird flu (avian influenza): findings in non-avian wildlife

Confirmed findings of influenza of avian origin in non-avian wild mammals.

From:
Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
20 December 2022
Last updated
6 June 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Confirmed findings of influenza of avian origin in non-avian wildlife

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Reports produced by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

APHA routinely undertakes diagnostic testing of wild animals found dead under the diseases of wildlife scheme (DoWS). Where appropriate, wild mammals submitted to DoWS are tested for influenza of avian origin in collaboration with the APHA avian influenza national reference laboratory (NRL).

Report dead wildlife (excluding wild birds) in England and Wales

Please contact your nearest APHA veterinary investigation centre if you find:

  • 2 or more dead wild animals in the same location
  • wildlife with nervous disease
  • unusual deaths in wildlife

Report dead wild birds in England, Scotland and Wales

Find out when and how to report dead wild birds.

Weekly reporting of dead wild birds

Read weekly reports of findings of bird flu in wild birds in Great Britain.

Updates to this page

Published 20 December 2022
Last updated 6 June 2024 + show all updates

  1. Moved entry for: 2: Cumbria, England H5N1 HPAI 1 Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) from 'Confirmed findings of avian influenza in non-avian wildlife in 2023' into 'Confirmed findings of avian influenza in non-avian wildlife in 2022' (as was in 2023 in error).

  2. Updated the list of confirmed findings.

  3. Updated the list of confirmed findings.

  4. Updated the list of confirmed findings.

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  6. Updated the list of confirmed findings.

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  8. Updated with 2023 data.

  9. First published.

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