Efficacy of an automated laser for reducing wild bird visits to the free range area of a poultry farm

Efficacy of an automated laser for reducing wild bird visits to the free range area of a poultry farm

In the Netherlands, free-range layer farms as opposed to indoor layer farms, are at greater risk with regard to the introduction of avian influenza viruses (AIVs). Wild waterfowl are the natural reservoir hosts of AIVs, and play a major role in their transmission to poultry by contaminating free-range layer areas. The laser as a wild bird repellent has been in use since the 1970s, in particular around airfields to reduce bird-strike. The efficac…

She is a real serial killer and yet she is one of the favourite birds of the French, with the red-bred and the merle: every year in the spring, the French are many to rejoice in the mesange and her singing when they rest outside. It must be said that the sweet melodies that she produces are part, with her beautiful plumage, of her charm. If you wish to keep them in your garden however, it is necessary to pay attention to several details. Indeed,…

After several years of avian influenza attacks, the French foie gras industry regains its serenity.

France lifts poultry restrictions as bird flu risk declines

France has announced that poultry flocks will be allowed outdoors again following a decrease in bird flu infections.

France hails bird flu vaccination as poultry let back outdoors

France hails bird flu vaccination as poultry let back outdoors The country requires vaccination of farm ducks