Avian Influenza and Notifiable Diseases
Commons · Question 22168 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallards and (b) other gamebirds of which species have been destroyed at rearing and release facilities due to (i) highly pathogen
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 13 Jan 2025
Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...