High alert as bird flu detected on farm in the North
DAERA, Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, confirmed that around 20,000 birds had been culled as a result of the outbreak in Omagh.
Flock keepers in the Republic of Ireland have been urged to implement the “highest standards of biosecurity” after a suspected outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was detected in a large poultry flock in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The North’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs confirmed that around 20,000 birds had been culled as a result of the outbreak in Omagh.
