US EditionMinistry of Agriculture Orders All Poultry to Be Kept Indoors Amid Bird Flu Spike
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Bird flu: The decision follows an infection at a poultry farm in Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe, near Stadskanaal, earlier this month. The…
Last week, bird flu was detected on a chicken farm in Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe.
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rd.nlThe Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (MOI) is immediately imposing a nationwide indoor and outdoor screening requirement for poultry. Last week, avian influenza was detected at a chicken farm in Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe. Experts this week concluded that the risk of avian influenza has increased. Therefore, the Ministry has now decided that poultry farmers must keep their birds indoors.
Ministry of Agriculture orders all poultry to be kept indoors amid bird flu spike
The Ministry of Agriculture has ordered all poultry to be kept indoors and enclosed nationwide, effective immediately. The measure follows last week’s detection of bird flu at a chicken farm in Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe, and new expert assessments indicating an elevated risk of the disease.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (MOI) is immediately imposing a nationwide indoor and outdoor protection requirement for poultry. This follows the detection of avian influenza last week at a chicken farm in Drenthe. "The animals are better protected against possible infection indoors," says poultry farmer Jacco Wisserhof of the farmers' organization LTO. Experts noted this week that the risk of avian influenza has increased,…
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