Avian flu has been rampant in many parts of Europe this year and has been reported as “killing unprecedented numbers of birds” in Scotland.
The IFA issued the alert yesterday, after a dead swan from Cavan tested positive for a strain of avian flu.Cavan and neighbouring Monaghan are home to 75% of Ireland’s turkeys and concern has been raised that an outbreak could put the nation’s Christmas dinner at risk.
“You must not feed birds outside, keep your domestic fowl away from wild birds, that sort of thing, they’ve been there for sometime now and we’ve been liaising with the Department weekly at this stage.”If a bird does contract avian flu then its entire flock must be slaughtered according to official guidelines.
“That’s in order to try and act on it quickly and stamp it out before any spread may be caused,” Mr Soden said. The risk of a human contracting avian flu is very low but people are advised not to touch or handle dead birds and instead report them to the Department of Agriculture.Share this article
A Cavan man mistook a wild Swan for a Turkey.
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