WARRINGTON Borough Council immediately sounded the alarm over chicken flu after the Authorities introduced stringent measures in response to the nation’s largest ever outbreak of the illness.
Necessary housing measures for all poultry and captive birds will come into power from Monday, November 7, following a call by the UK’s chief veterinary officer.
These measures legally require all chicken keepers to maintain their birds indoors and to observe strict biosecurity measures to assist defend their flocks from the illness, no matter kind or dimension.
For Warrington residents, because of this anybody who retains birds – whether or not they have pet birds, business flocks, or just some birds in a yard – is required by legislation to make sure they’re accustomed to, and cling to, a lot of measures designed to restrict the unfold of the illness.
Biosecurity steerage and a self-assessment guidelines have been revealed by Defra to help all chicken keepers, which – along with additional updates on the most recent chicken flu scenario – will be discovered by way of GOV.UK/bird-flu
Over the past 12 months, the UK has confronted its largest ever outbreak of chicken flu, with over 200 instances confirmed since late October 2021. The introduction of the housing measures follows the detection of the illness at over 70 premises because the starting of October, in addition to a number of stories in wild birds.
In case you require any additional particular recommendation that you just can’t discover on the DEFRA web site, e mail [email protected]
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