More avian influenza found in wild birds in Co Cork

Two outbreaks in commercial flocks in Northern Ireland

About 110,000 poultry had to be slaughtered after detection of notifiable avian influenza in commercial flocks in Northern Ireland at Lisburn and Clough.

Three recent findings suspected to be highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in Co Cork have heightened poultry keepers’ fears of the severe disease, which is usually fatal for infected birds.

There is a constant risk of avian influenza being introduced into Ireland’s poultry industry from wild birds, particularly from November onwards, when migratory birds arrive and congregate on wetlands.