"The biggest problem with bird flu is that a lot of the rare breeds that are so beautiful will disappear." Elsewhere, at the ...

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...

The Department of Agriculture has imposed a mandatory housing order for poultry and captive birds, effective from 10 November, following the first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm ...

Bird flu measures requiring owners to keep their flock on a strict lockdown in their housing are due to come into effect. Mandatory housing rules for poultry in parts of the North, Midlands and East ...

A third outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in less than a week.

A compulsory housing order for poultry and captive birds has been announced as part of measures to minimise the risk of bird ...

The UK’s chief veterinary officer, Christine Middlemiss, has ordered a wider housing order to come into place from Thursday 6 ...

FEARS are growing that Christmas could fall fowl of a bird flu outbreak that could leave some Irish shops short of turkeys ...