Newcastle disease spreads further in Europe
Published: 9 February 2026
Authors: Poultry World, Rudd Peys
Newcastle disease is spreading to more countries in Europe, and in countries where the disease was already prevalent, the number of infected farms has steadily been increasing. This is according to a report by Defra.
In the 7 months till the end of January, Poland has reported a further 66 outbreaks in commercial poultry farms. Newcastle disease has also been detected in neighboring Slovakia with a single outbreak in a small poultry farm in December.
Spain reported its first case in a broiler farm with 15,000 chickens in the Valencia region around Christmas, with the number of cases now having risen to 5. Both Bulgaria and North Macedonia reported single outbreaks of Newcastle disease in commercial poultry in the summer of 2025.