Pig/Poultry
Public urged to avoid sick or dead birds to prevent bird flu spread
As the weather gets warmer, the evenings longer and the school holidays have begun, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is...
Pig/Poultry
As the weather gets warmer, the evenings longer and the school holidays have begun, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is...
News
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) HPAI...
Agri-Business
Brazil has confirmed its first case of avian influenza (bird flu) in a non-commercial or “subsistence” farm this week. The...
Pig/Poultry
Today (Tuesday, June 13), health services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland led an exercise to enhance cross-border...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is urging bird keepers to be extra cautious and to heighten biosecurity due to an...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer, Dr. Robert Huey, has called on all bird and poultry keepers to remain vigilant as...
Pig/Poultry
Belfast’s Window on Wildlife (WOW) nature reserve, which is home to birds and wildlife from all over the world, has...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has lifted the legal requirement for specific biosecurity measures to mitigate...
N.Ireland
The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) currently in force across Northern Ireland will be lifted after midnight on Friday (June...
Pig/Poultry
Brazil has declared an official state of animal health emergency throughout its territory after several cases of avian influenza (bird...
Pig/Poultry
Two people who recently worked on a poultry farm in the UK have tested positive for avian influenza (bird flu)....
Agri-Business
Brazil has confirmed that it has detected cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 (bird flu) for the...
N.Ireland
For an effective avian influenza (bird flu) vaccination programme, the vaccines must be used as an additional layer of protection...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has paid over €2.5 million in compensation to farmers impacted by...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) housing measures...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced that the legal requirement to confine/house poultry and other...
Agri-Business
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has urged people not to “handle or touch” sick or dead wild birds and also to...
Agri-Business
The outlook for the European poultry market remains strong, but “supply growth” might put pressure on prices and margins while...