Group to advise on disease control

AN expert group to provide ongoing advice in relation to bird flu control measures has been set up by Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan.

The group includes veterinary, scientific and ornithological expertise from within and outside her department.

It will be chaired by Professor Michael Monaghan of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicines at UCD, who fulfilled a similar role at the time of foot-and- mouth disease in 2001.