Teagasc poultry specialist Rebecca Tierney takes a look at Avian Influenza and the threat that it poses to the Irish poultry industry.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYPrecautionary measures are in place to reduce the risk of transmission of avian influenza to poultry in Ireland.
The Department of Agriculture has introduced new regulations on the back of a case of bird flu being identified in a buzzard in Galway.
Established in 1951, McCaghey Turkeys has grown to become Ireland’s largest family-owned turkey processor with all of its turkey farms fully Bord Bia approved.
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“TB eradication is the only show in town, there’s no alternative for us,” an IFA meeting in Tuam, Co Galway, heard last week.
While the Department has not detected any such cases in Irish poultry or wild birds this year, the risk of a bird flu outbreak is now increasing, the Minister has said.
Minister of State for nature Malcolm Noonan announces plans to purchase island on Lough Ree for strategic management of breeding waders.
Caroline O'Reilly said that this now makes up seven planned solar farms for the area, which covers 575 acres.
The new data came from the UCD School of Agriculture and the Spanish research institute, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC).