Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76973

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of wild bird and mammal surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza on UK coastlines; and whether she plans to inc

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) avian influenza national reference laboratory carries out year-round surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dead wild birds and influenza of avian origin in wild mammals. Including surveillan...

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