Bird keepers urged to take action to protect their birds following further increases in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) risk levels
Wed - 13 November, 2024 4:22 pm  |  7  |  A+ | a-

All bird keepers are urged to remain vigilant and take action to protect their birds following a further increase in the avian influenza (‘bird flu’) risk levels in Great Britain.

  • The risk level of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 in poultry where there is suboptimal or poor biosecurity has increased to medium with low uncertainty.
  • The risk level where good biosecurity is consistently applied at all times remains assessed as low with low uncertainty and the risk level in wild birds remains assessed as high.
  • Practicing good biosecurity at all times protects the health and welfare of your birds and for commercial keepers will help protect your business from HPAI and other diseases.
  • Further information on the evidence which supports these risk levels can be found in our risk and outbreak assessments.
  • Find out what you can do to prevent bird flu and stop it spreading and how to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds.

For further information on the latest situation please see the following websites:

In England on GOV.UK,
In Scotland on GOV.SCOT and
In Wales on GOV.WALES.
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