Avian Influenza H5N8 Lockdown ALL UK – 6 Dec for 30 days

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL POULTRY IN the UK
LOCKDOWN OF ALL poultry – Avian Influenza Prevention Zone declared in response to spread of H5N8 in Europe.
http://news.gov.scot/ne…/avian-influenza-protection-measures
how to make things work – http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511175.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu#latest-situation
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/12/more-avian-flu-reported-germany-france

Bird flu now only 30 miles from Britain


The Scottish Government and DEFRA has declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone requiring that all poultry and captive birds must be kept indoors, or otherwise kept separate from wild birds.
“We have declared a 30-day Prevention Zone as a precautionary measure to protect Scotland’s valuable poultry industry, particularly in the weeks before Christmas. It is important to stress that there has been no cases of this strain detected in the UK” 0 this is the same in England too