25 April 2023
Mandatory steps for housing poultry and captive birds were lifted on Tuesday 18 April however an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) stays in force throughout England.
The steps were presented to help stop the spread of bird influenza.
What is an AIPZ?
The AIPZ suggests that all bird keepers (whether they remain in homes or industrial) should take additional preventative measures, such as limiting gain access to for non-essential individuals on website, making sure employees alter clothes and shoes prior to going into bird enclosures and cleansing and sanitizing automobiles routinely to restrict the danger of the illness dispersing.
All bird keepers are needed to carry out robust steps to secure them from contact either straight or indirectly with wild birds, to help secure their flocks from the hazard of bird influenza. The illness might eliminate birds if the required actions aren’t taken.
The scale of bird influenza break outs throughout the UK and Europe have actually been extraordinary with cases being validated into the 2nd year of a break out for the very first time. The UK has actually faced its biggest ever break out of bird influenza with over 330 cases validated throughout the nation because late October 2021.
Government advice on how to prevent bird flu
How to report dead wild birds
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