Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 27 February 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to monitor flocks of under 50 birds not included in the Great Britain Poultry Register for signs of avian influenza.
We are actively encouraging owners of less than 50 birds to register their flocks under the GB Poultry Register, because this will help us to communicate with them as effectively as possible.
However, we have made—and continue to make—close contact with poultry keepers of all sizes. Everyone keeping poultry should follow the biosecurity advice that has been made available, and take commonsense hygiene precautions as a barrier to disease.
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