Bird Influenza, or bird influenza, has actually been identified in a 2nd flock of turkeys in Co Monaghan, the Department of Farming, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has actually validated.
According to the department, test outcomes have actually determined proof of extremely pathogenic bird nfluenza (HPAI) H5N1 in samples from the flock.
It follows detection of the illness in another flock in the county recently, as limitation zones were put in location to safeguard the sector.
” There is a small extension to the existing bird influenza limitation zones on foot of this verification,” stated a department representative this night.
” Motions of poultry and poultry items within and through the zones is just allowed under licence from DAFM. The licence conditions remain in location to help reduce the danger of additional spread.”
It was included that poultry keepers with flocks situated within the limitation zones are lawfully required to abide by zone requirements.
The department keeps that “rigid biosecurity stays essential to securing poultry and captive bird flocks from illness”.
It is continuing to recommend rigorous adherence to the preventive procedures versus bird influenza laid out under the Animal Health and Well-being Act 2013.
” These policies need all flock keepers to restrict all poultry and captive birds in their ownership or under their control in a protected structure to which wild birds, or other animals do not have gain access to and to use specific bio-security procedures.
” Poultry flock owners must stay alert for any indications of illness in their flocks and report any illness suspicion to their closest department local veterinary workplace.”
While the Health Care Monitoring Centre has actually validated that although the H5N1 subtype can trigger major illness in poultry and other birds, the danger to human beings is really low.
” Nevertheless, members of the general public are recommended not to manage ill or dead wild birds and to keep their dog on a leash in locations with ill or dead wild birds,” the department advised.
There is no proof of danger connected with usage of poultry meat, poultry meat items or eggs.
All farmers were bought to house poultry previously this month due to the bird influenza danger.
This step was taken versus a background of the verification of illness in wild birds along the coast given that July, increasing danger levels due to cooler temperature levels and much shorter daytime hours, along with current verification of the illness in a wild bird inland.
Just recently, bird influenza was validated in a dead swan in Co Cavan. In addition, 2 break outs had actually been reported in captive bird flocks in seaside locations of counties Dublin and Wicklow where HPAI H5N1 had actually been validated formerly in wild birds.
These findings highlight an increasing danger to all poultry flocks and captive birds and, by extension, the poultry market, the department stated.
Break outs of extremely pathogenic bird influenza have actually likewise been determined in poultry flocks in Britain and a variety of other European nations in current weeks.
