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Costal birds pose avian influenza risk for commercial flocks

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Costal birds pose avian influenza risk for commercial flocks

Head of exotic disease control at Defra, Gordon Hickman said farmers should be wary of the unprecedented scale of Avian Influenza (AI) across the UK.

Speaking at the Poultry Network Live Conference at Harper Adams, Mr Hickman said the UK had seen 294 cases of AI since October 2021, but 203 of those cases had been within the last year. He said:...

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