To combat the avian flu outbreak, the British government declared on Monday that all pets and poultry in England must be kept in isolation beginning on November 7.
These measures are legally imposed on all owners “to keep their birds in internal places and follow strict biological security measures in order to protect them from illness, regardless of their faction or size.
While health authorities issue a “very high” danger of bird flu among wild birds, the two decisions are in effect in different English districts.
Since the end of October 2021, there have been more than 200 confirmed cases of the animal epidemic in the United Kingdom, making this the worst outbreak in the country’s history.
Since early October 2022, the disease has been monitored in more than 70 facilities, and several wild birds have been reported.
In response to the increasing frequency of injuries, Christine Midolmis, the head of the British Veterinary Medicine Authority, stated that the “danger of birds’ “pets”” reached a “limit that demands isolating all birds until further notice.
She emphasised that although “this decision was not made lightly,” it is the best approach to safeguard your birds against the fast spreading sickness.
According to the European Food Safety Authority, the animal epidemic outbreak that has been ongoing since the year “is the greatest to this day in Europe.”
This body claims that on European farms impacted by the outbreak, 47.7 million heads of poultry were disposed of in a year.
In China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and eventually Spain, where a chicken farm was harmed, disease transfers to humans were tracked.
According to European health organisations, the danger of transmission is “minimal” in those who have brief contact with chickens, while it is “little to average” in those who are professionally involved.
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Contrarily, eating meat and eggs is categorised as having “not mentioned” risk of disease transmission to humans.
Britain takes action to stop the spread of avian flu
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