Pig/Poultry
Bird flu risk to humans is low, but we will 'remain vigilant' - UKHSA
In its latest technical briefing on avian influenza (bird flu), the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) states that the...
Bird Flu
Agri-Business
Highlights from the 2023 National Farmers' Union conference
The 2023 National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference saw discussions surrounding food security, headed by the union’s president Minette Batters, insights...
Pig/Poultry
RSPCA to promote hen welfare via Pancake Day campaign
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has announced that its ‘RSPCA Assured’ campaign, which calls on...
Other
Scottish seals among mammals that tested positive for bird flu
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza (bird flu), the strain most common to birds during this current outbreak, has been...
N.Ireland
UK now testing mammals for bird flu after confirmed ‘spillover’
UK officials are now testing mammals for avian influenza (bird flu) and have reported evidence of a “direct spillover from...
Agri-Business
DAFM staff sent to Britain to help with bird flu outbreaks
The Republic of Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed to Agriland that its staff have...
Pig/Poultry
Update to free-range egg labelling amid bird flu housing order
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has introduced new egg-labelling rules for free-range poultry affected by the...
Pig/Poultry
Worms pose a threat to bird health during housing order - Elanco
Livestock medicines producer Elanco has warned free-range egg producers that there is an elevated risk of worms during the current...
N.Ireland
750k hens to be culled in Czech Republic due to bird flu outbreak
Approximately 750,000 laying hens are to culled after an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) on a farm in the...
Agri-Business
No 'increasing risk' from bird flu - UKHSA
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has found “no increasing risk” to human health from the Eurasian H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu)...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu case confirmed on Isle of Man
The chief veterinary officer (CVO) for the Isle of Man, Amy Beckett, confirmed a case of avian influenza (bird flu)...
N.Ireland
Fermanagh bird flu restrictions to lift tomorrow
The chief veterinary officer (CVO) for Northern Ireland, Robert Huey, has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) surveillance zones...
N.Ireland
Bird flu doesn’t take a Christmas break – NI chief vet
By Robert Huey, chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland As Christmas approaches and winter sets in, I want to highlight...
Pig/Poultry
New bird flu reporting system 'reassuring' - Countryside Alliance
The Countryside Alliance has said that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra‘s) new online reporting system for...
N.Ireland
Bird keepers reminded to keep flocks indoors to combat bird flu threat
All bird keepers in Northern Ireland have been reminded of the need to keep their birds and poultry housed, as...
N.Ireland
Bird flu now in Ireland’s indigenous bird populations – CVO
Avian influenza virus, otherwise known as bird flu, has now spread to Ireland’s indigenous bird populations, according to the chief...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu: Housing order comes into force in Wales today
Mandatory housing measures for all poultry and captive birds come into force across Wales today (Friday, December 2), meaning it...
Pig/Poultry
Half of free-range Christmas turkeys impacted by bird flu
Half of Britain’s free-range Christmas turkeys have been impacted by avian influenza (bird flu), the chief executive of the British...
