Avian Influenza: Disease Control
Commons · Question 76973 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew George
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of wild bird and mammal surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza on UK coastlines; and whether she plans to inc
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 13 Oct 2025
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) avian influenza national reference laboratory carries out year-round surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dead wild birds and influenza of avian origin in wild mammals. Including surveillan...