Hafren Vets Poultry & Game Bird

24/11/2024

Did you know?

Flood water can carry & spread virus🦠

Minimise contamination to your bird areas by:

• preventing your birds accessing standing waters
• thoroughly cleansing & disinfecting hard standing areas once the water subsides
• inspect buildings & poultry enclosures after the storm & repair any damage that could result in wild bird or water ingress.

Wild birds may move to different areas to avoid adverse weather. Make your premises unattractive to wild birds. Use bird scarers, foils or streamers.

19/11/2024

12/11/2024

On Monday last week one of our vets, George, and one of our nurses Megan, attended Aberystwyth University where they have been asked to sit on an advisory board to discuss the further development of Veterinary education at Aberystwyth University.

It is a real honour to be asked to be involved. At Hafren we pride ourselves on being an accredited training practice and we put a lot of time and effort into training the next generation of vets and nurses.

It is fantastic to see the evolution of a veterinary nursing and veterinary medicine training programme at Aberystwyth University.

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08/11/2024

🦠 Avian Influenza 🦠

Unfortunately a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed on a poultry farm in Yorkshire.

This is the first case of the winter and the first case of H5N5. A new strain of HPAI that has been spreading across Europe. It has been found in wild birds previously in the UK but this is the first case in commercial poultry.

The current risk to human health is considered to be low.

We are encouraging all of our producers and owners of pet chickens to practice excellent biosecurity and ensure that their flock, whatever size, is registered with APHA.

If you have any concerns about Avian Influenza or would like to review your biosecurity please contact a member of our poultry team.

05/11/2024

‼️Poultry and Other Captive Birds Compulsory Registration – change in CPH registration process‼️

On 1 October 2024, it became a legal requirement for all bird keepers in Wales to register as a bird/poultry keeper on the GB Poultry Register. This excludes keepers of pet birds without any outside access. This change will allow us to communicate with all bird keepers in Wales, in the event of an avian disease outbreak.

04/11/2024

Time for bird keepers to prepare: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) risk levels increased
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N5 has been detected in a number of wild birds in Great Britain this autumn, including the first reported HPAI-related wild bird mass mortality of the season. In addition to the first detection of HPAI H5N1 in a wild bird this season.
The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 in wild birds in Great Britain has increased from LOW (event is rare but does occur) to MEDIUM (event occurs regularly).
The risk of poultry exposure to HPAI H5 in Great Britain remains assessed as:
LOW (event is rare but does occur) (with high uncertainty) where there is suboptimal or poor biosecurity
VERY LOW (event is very rare but cannot be excluded) (with high uncertainty) where good biosecurity is consistently applied at all times
Whilst the UK does not currently have outbreaks of HPAI in poultry or other captive birds and the UK has World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) self-declared freedom from HPAI, keepers must remain vigilant and practice rigorous biosecurity to maintain this status and protect the health and welfare of their birds. Find advice on how to protect your birds in Defra’s biosecurity guidance.

03/09/2024

New mandatory registration requirements are to be implemented for bird keepers in Great Britain.

Under these rules, all bird owners are required to register their birds annually 🦆
This will help manage potential disease outbreaks like and keep your flock healthy 💚

By registering, owners will receive crucial updates and guidance for bird care.

Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 October 2024 📆

Scottish Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 September 2024 📆

Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-help-protect-poultry-industry-from-bird-flu