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Leading turkey farmer calls for fast tracked bird flu vaccine
One of the UK's leading turkey producers has called for a bird flu vaccine to be fast tracked to help combat the growing threat of the disease. The…
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Bird flu: MPs call for change to 'unfair' compensation rules
MPs have called for 'fundamentally unfair' rules on poultry farmers' compensation for bird flu to be changed, as the UK's largest ever outbreak of…
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Bird flu: Defra's new online system to report dead wild birds
Defra has launched a new online reporting system to report dead wild birds in Britain as part of the government's latest response to the outbreak…
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Bird flu: NFU backs poultry members in legal challenge against APHA
The NFU is supporting a group of members who have filed a legal challenge against the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in a case about…
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Scotland to 'miss out on' native breed benefits, campaigners warn
Scotland is on course to miss out on the full potential of native livestock breeds due to omissions in the proposals for the new Agriculture Bill…
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Why biosecurity planning can help prevent diseases on farms
Biosecurity is the "prevention of disease-causing agents entering or leaving any place where they can pose a risk to farm animals, other animals." If…
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Bird flu: Welsh farmers prepare for tomorrow's housing order
Farmers and bird keepers in Wales are being reminded that a mandatory housing order to combat avian influenza come into force tomorrow. Last week…
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Half of free-range Xmas turkeys hit by bird flu, industry leader warns
Half of free-range Christmas turkeys have been affected during the most recent bird flu outbreak, an industry leader has warned. The scale of the…
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Project to radically improve how poultry farm interacts with environment
A new project is underway to radically improve how a Herefordshire poultry farm interacts with the local environment. The joint wetland venture…
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Housing orders declared for NI and Wales amid heightened bird flu risk
Housing orders in Northern Ireland and Wales have been announced by devolved governments following concerns of a heightened risk of the disease as…
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