The UK remains in the middle of its worst break out of bird influenza. The existing pressure of H5N1 bird influenza has actually ravaged wild bird populations, eliminating thousands and impacting threatened types such as puffins and hen harriers. Bird influenza has actually likewise been ruining poultry, and because 7 November, all captive birds in England have actually been kept inside your home to avoid them capturing the infection.
How are both wild and captive bird populations handling the existing pressure of bird influenza? And is the UK prepared to handle another significant animal illness break out? Ian Sample talks to Phoebe Weston, a biodiversity author for the Guardian, and Paul Wigley, a teacher in animal microbial environments at the University of Bristol.
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