Tag: BIRD FLU
Poultry farmers want healthy animals to stop being culled
A recent outbreak just across the provincial border in Lunteren resulted in a transport ban for animals, eggs, poultry manure and litter in part of the province of Utrecht. Leusden,…
They were just back to normal! Bird flu alert has been issued this time in Japan… Thousands of animals will be culled
It has been announced that the first bird flu epidemic of the season started in a chicken farm in Kurashiki city, Okayama province of Japan. It was reported that the…
Utrecht takes grant for extra bird flu costs
Taking care of sick wild birds is not an official task for governments, but Utrecht chooses to do this anyway. “We think it is important that sick and dead birds…
Growing unrest among poultry farmers due to bird flu: ‘It feels like a lottery’
“I get a lot of calls from concerned poultry farmers,” says Oplaat of the Dutch Union of Poultry Farmers. “They are already doing a lot against bird flu, but it…
Father and son despondent after third bird flu outbreak at their company in Hekendorp: ‘There must be a vaccine’
The Netherlands is also in favor of vaccination, but all of Europe must agree, Piet emphasizes. “Then there will be no trade barriers anymore. If you do it on your…