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Scrupulous biosecurity is a must in wake of new bird flu cases

Farmers have been warned to ensure their human biosecurity is effective

Alex Black
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Scrupulous biosecurity is a must in wake of new bird flu cases

Defra has raised the avian influenza (AI) risk level for poultry farms with suboptimal biosecurity measures to 'medium, with low uncertainty', prompting urgent calls for UK poultry producers to tighten...

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