Bird Flu: Welsh Poultry Farmers Fear for Businesses as Birds Culled

Aussie scientists suspect H5 bird flu outbreak in Heard Island

Australian scientists suspect a H5 bird flu outbreak during an expedition to Heard Island, an extremely remote Australia territory south-west of Perth.

Confirmed: A deadly bird flu strain has reached an Australian territory

Detection underscores the need to prepare for a possible outbreak on the mainland, the government says.

Swans dead and cygnets euthanised after 'outbreak' at Dundee ponds

SSPCA officers visited the ponds and found a number of birds had symptoms of illnesses including bird flu.

Bird flu: Welsh poultry farmers fear for businesses as birds culled

Tens of thousands of turkeys and chickens have already been culled after an outbreak of the disease in Wales.

Christmas turkeys could be in short supply this year due to bird flu surge

Dozens of cases of the avian influenza have been reported in the last two months - with free range and organic particularly affected

Bad season of bird flu in UK hits supply of Christmas turkeys

Availability of chickens and ducks also expected to be tight, with 5% of the seasonal flock culled so farUK poultry producers are battling a “bad season” of bird flu, with cases much worse than at this point last year, putting a squeeze on supplies of Christmas birds including turkeys, chickens and ducks.Two industry insiders said they expected supplies of all poultry to be tight ahead of the festive season, especially for organic and free-range…