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Suspected bird flu outbreak at St Peter farm
Last Updated: 8 hours
By Newsdesk
BIRDKEEPERS are being urged to make sure poultry are kept indoors after a suspected bird flu outbreak at a farm in St Peter.
Jersey’s deputy chief veterinary officer Caroline Terburgh has written to the Island’s registered poultry keepers asking them to house their birds, if at all possible, until the results of test for avian influenza are known later this week.
Last month, birdkeepers were asked to step up measures to prevent the spread of bird flu after a dead herring gull found at Long Beach tested positive for the disease. At the time, it was the fourth case to be confirmed in Jersey this year...
Suspected bird flu outbreak at St Peter farm
Last Updated: 8 hours
By Newsdesk
BIRDKEEPERS are being urged to make sure poultry are kept indoors after a suspected bird flu outbreak at a farm in St Peter.
Jersey’s deputy chief veterinary officer Caroline Terburgh has written to the Island’s registered poultry keepers asking them to house their birds, if at all possible, until the results of test for avian influenza are known later this week.
Last month, birdkeepers were asked to step up measures to prevent the spread of bird flu after a dead herring gull found at Long Beach tested positive for the disease. At the time, it was the fourth case to be confirmed in Jersey this year...