Epidemic (animal)
Details
Event title
Czech Republic - Another bird flu outbreak confirmed in Hradec Králové region
Source
Severity
High
Event date (UTC)
2026-02-19 22:50:31
Last update (UTC)
2026-02-19 22:50:31
Area range
Local event
Address/Affected area(s)
Kosičky, Okres Hradec Králové, Královéhradecký kraj
Veterinarians have confirmed bird flu at a commercial egg-laying hen farm in the municipality of Kosičky in the Hradec Králové region. The facility houses more than 230,000 laying hens. All poultry will have to be culled. Due to the large number of birds and complex logistics, the culling will begin early next week.
In recent years, this is the largest farm affected. The previous biggest outbreak in the Czech Republic was discovered at the end of December 2022 at a large-scale poultry farm in Brod nad Tichou in the Tachov region, where all 742,000 hens were culled due to the H5N1 virus subtype.
Veterinarians also confirmed bird flu in Kosičky a week ago at a duck farm. It was the first outbreak in a commercial breeding facility this year. The new outbreak is located approximately 500 meters away. Veterinarians will establish a three-kilometer protection zone and a ten-kilometer surveillance zone around the site.