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Sheila Voas

Around 230,000 birds now killed in Aberdeenshire due to avian flu just weeks bef...

Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Turkey 'may be scarcer' this Christmas amid unprecedented bird flu outbreak

An avian flu “prevention zone” has been declared across Great Britain in the face of rising case numbers as the country battles the largest ever outbreak of the disease.

Bird flu ‘prevention zone’ declared across UK as virus hits Lewis and Orkney

Curlew have been killed in the latest bird flu outbreak. Pic: BTO

Curlews among victims of latest bird flu outbreak

Chief Veterinary Officer, Sheila Voas.

Orkney declares BVD free status

Bird flu cases hit record numbers

Ducks await being sent to a slaughterhouse. Picture: Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images

Avian flu outbreak discovered in Scotland

Avian flu has been found at a third premises in Scotland amid the “largest-ever outbreak in the UK”.

Avian flu found at third premises in Scotland

Bird flu outbreak in Scotland

The risk to the public is said to be minimal.

Bird flu detected in flock of hens in Dumfries and Galloway

New TB trials are in progress

Bovine TB still poses a threat to the nation’s cattle

Scotland’s first new vet school for more than 150 years could provide the country with an economic boost.

Plans to create new vet school in Aberdeen

Chief Veterinary Officer, Sheila Voas.

American Foulbrood found in Perthshire hive

Avian flu lockdown set to end

Penny Middleton, NFUS animal health policy manager.

Bird flu confirmed in Orkney

Bird flu has been found in chickens at a Scottish farm - but humans are not at r...

Photo of chickens at Leicestershire-based egg producer Sunrise Poultry Farms playing with a football while they are stuck indoors during the bird flu lockdown picture: Sunrise Poultry Farms Limited

Bird flu: flock culled after case confirmed on Scottish island

The government has warned of threat of a new outbreak of bird flu.

New measures for Scottish bird keepers to prevent the spread of bird flu

45,000 chickens facing slaughter in confirmed bird flu case

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