Dutch poultry ordered indoors to prevent bird flu

The Dutch Agriculture Ministry has ordered all commercial poultry farmers to get their fowl indoors by Monday to prevent them from catching avian flu from wild birds.

Dutch poultry ordered indoors to prevent bird flu

The Dutch Agriculture Ministry has ordered all commercial poultry farmers to get their fowl indoors by Monday to prevent them from catching avian flu from wild birds.

The decision follows reports from the Russian government in the past month that a strain of bird flu is moving westward with migrating wild bird populations and will likely eventually reach Europe.

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