Scottish farmers required to register birds under monitoring scheme to protect public from avian influenza

“These registration changes are a necessary step to help protect the health of kept birds and the general public from future avian disease risks"

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"This will allow surveillance zones to be lifted at the earliest possible opportunity and trade can resume more quickly following an outbreak of avian disease in Great Britain."
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"This will allow surveillance zones to be lifted at the earliest possible opportunity and trade can resume more quickly following an outbreak of avian disease in Great Britain."

NFU Scotland has reminded poultry farmers that they will need to register their birds on the new Scottish Kept Bird Register before the start of December. Replacing the Poultry Regsiter, the union said...

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