Pig/Poultry
First confirmed cases of H5N8 avian influenza recorded in humans in Russia
Russia has recorded the first confirmed transmission of the H5N8 avian influenza (bird flu) virus from bird to human. Seven...
Pig/Poultry
Russia has recorded the first confirmed transmission of the H5N8 avian influenza (bird flu) virus from bird to human. Seven...
Pig/Poultry
H5N8 avian influenza has been detected in captive birds at a non-poultry premise near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Tests are ongoing...
N.Ireland
A wild swan found dead at Lough Beg, Co. Derry, has tested positive for avian influenza, Northern Ireland’s Department of...
Pig/Poultry
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across England, Wales and Scotland to mitigate the risk of the...
Pig/Poultry
A further three cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in wild birds in Stroud, Gloucestershire, according to the Animal and Plant...
N.Ireland
The risk level of avian influenza establishing in wild birds in Britain has been raised from ‘medium to ‘high’ following...
Pig/Poultry
The chief vets from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England have come together to release a statement about the threat...
Agri-Business
Government officials are working to contain an incident of avian flu confirmed at a 27,000-bird commercial broiler farm in Mid...
Pig/Poultry
The UK’s chief veterinary officers are encouraging all poultry keepers to act now to reduce the risk of Avian Flu...
Pig/Poultry
A bird flu prevention zone has been declared across the whole of England, chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens has confirmed...
Pig/Poultry
The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed H5N8 avian influenza (bird flu) in a flock of turkeys at a farm...
Sheep
Moredun Research Institute has announced that it will lead a multi-institutional partnership to develop a vaccine for on-farm worm control...
Government
The president of Scotland’s National Farmers’ Union (NFUS), Martin Kennedy, has called for the Scottish government to make food security...
N.Ireland
Scientists at Moredun Research Institute are fighting to control the prevalence of sheep scab across the UK. Sheep scab, caused...
Agri-Business
Farmers and landowners can receive free one-to-one business advice as part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’...
Agri-Business
Presidents of UK farming unions have called for renewable energy and food security to be at the heart of the...
Government
Today’s announcement of the Genetic Technology Bill from the government is good news for the agricultural sector, environmentalists and consumers,...
Rural Life
The popular White Tailed Sea Eagle Viewing & Information Point at Mountshannon Pier in Co. Clare has reopened to the...