You need to follow the guidelines to avoid bird influenza and stop it spreading out. The guidelines use to all captive birds, consisting of:
- animals
- birds of victim
- racing pigeons
- expert collections
Report indications of illness
You need to examine your birds frequently for indications of illness. Contact your veterinarian right away if you have any issues.
If you believe bird influenza you need to report it right away. If you do not report it, you’re breaking the law.
Examine if you remain in a bird influenza illness control or avoidance zone
Examine if you remain in a zone on the bird influenza illness zone map.
If you remain in an illness control or avoidance zone you need to follow the guidelines for that zone.
Flying racing pigeons, doves and other Columbiformes
In illness control zones, you:
- can fly racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes from their house loft for as much as one hour, when a day as a single loft
- need to attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- need to not leave lofts open for birds to come and go
- need to not fly birds together from more than one loft (bird events are not allowed an illness control zones)
In a bird influenza avoidance zone ( AIPZ) where there are real estate procedures in location, you:
- can fly racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes for as much as one hour, when a day from their house loft as a single loft
- need to attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- need to not leave lofts open for birds to come and go
- ought to prevent flying your birds in locations where there are great deals of poultry
- need to clean and sanitize any baskets, boxes and automobiles you utilize to transfer your birds with a Defra-approved disinfectant
- might transfer racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes from the exact same loft to a point far from their house loft (an area that is not in an illness control zone) to launch them for training or an occasion– however they need to fly back to their house loft or be collected and carried back to their house loft as quickly as possible
If you follow the guidelines to avoid bird influenza and stop it spreading out, you can fly your birds as typical in:
- positions that are not in illness control zones
- an AIPZ without real estate procedures
- locations where no zones use
Examine the Royal Pigeon Racing Pigeon Association Bird Influenza Code of Practice for Racing Pigeons if you keep racing pigeons.
Flying birds of victim or other captive bird types from hand
These guidelines do not use to poultry. Poultry consists of chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons reproduced for meat, partridges, quail, guinea fowl and pheasants.
In illness control zones, you:
- can fly birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand (such as parrots), consisting of for insect control, from their house place for as much as one hour a day
- need to not leave bird homes open for birds to come and go
- need to attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
In an AIPZ where there are compulsory real estate procedures in location, you:
- can fly birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand (such as parrots), consisting of for insect control, from their house place for as much as one hour a day
- need to not leave bird homes open for birds to come and go
- need to attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- might transfer birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand from the exact same place to a point far from their house (an area that is not in an illness control zone) for workout, an occasion or insect control
- ought to prevent flying your birds in locations with great deals of poultry
- need to clean and sanitize the baskets, boxes and automobiles you utilize to transfer your birds utilizing a Defra-approved disinfectant
If your bird captures a wild bird or goes missing out on for more than one minute, you need to:
- separate it from other birds
- carefully monitor it for indications of bird influenza for 2 week prior to you let it fly for workout once again
If you follow the guidelines to avoid bird influenza and stop it spreading out, you can fly your birds as typical in:
- positions that are not in illness control zones
- an AIPZ without real estate procedures
- locations where no zones use
Bird events
Bird events are not allowed illness control zones.
Events of racing pigeons, doves and other Columbiformes, birds of victim and other birds trained to fly from hand (not poultry) are allowed an AIPZ if:
- you inform APHA about the event a minimum of 7 days prior to the occasion
- the event is held inside your home
- you abide by your bird events basic licence
- you abide by any compulsory real estate procedures in location
Races and other outside events are not allowed an AIPZ when there are real estate procedures in location.
Examine additional guidelines for bird events.
Feeding wild birds to birds of victim
Do not feed any wild birds or wild shot or hunted wildfowl to birds of victim:
This consists of wild birds that have actually been frozen. The bird influenza infection can make it through in frozen carcasses for a minimum of 12 months.
