Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34739

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautions his Department is taking regarding the ongoing avian influenza outbreak to prevent its spread among (a) commercially kept birds, (b) domestically kept birds and (c) wi

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra’s approach to avian influenza is set out in the Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain supported by the Mitigation Strategy for Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in England and Wales. Swift and humane culling of birds on infected pr...

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