Poultry Health Services

18/11/2024

An outbreak of Avian Influenza (birdflu) has been confirmed at a premises near Rosudgeon, St Ives, Cornwall.

An outbreak of Avian Influenza (birdflu) has been confirmed at a premises near Rosudgeon, St Ives, Cornwall.

If you fall within the 3km protection zone or 10km surveillance zone, we need to know about you.

Please make sure you have registered your birds with APHA and your details are up-to-date so we can keep you informed of the risk from bird flu and so that essential surveillance activities can be carried out.

Find advice on how to prevent Avian influenza, register and protect your birds at: https://www.gov.uk/bird-flu

14/11/2024

Join us for our Broiler Management Evening on Tuesday 19th November

There will be a talk from Elanco on their new HTSi system followed by a discussion on Coccidiosis.

To book a place, please email [email protected].

06/11/2024

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N5 has been confirmed at a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire.

All bird keepers should remain vigilant and follow stringent biosecurity measures to prevent future outbreaks. More information is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/bird-flu

06/11/2024

GB Disease update

1 new outbreak

H5N5 HPAI, near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire

H5N5 HPAI has been confirmed at a commercial free-range laying unit, at premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire.

A 3km Protection Zone and 10km surveillance Zone was declared at 20:25 hours on 5th November 2024.

For details please see:
Declaration_Protection_Surveillance_Zone_AIV_2024-02_nr_Hornsea_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire.pdf

If your chosen vet is PHS and you are in a zone, you are being contacted as we speak.

If you have any concerns, please call 01347 820366

29/10/2024

One of our vets, Alistair, recently spoke to BASC members regarding self-regulation and assurance through the vet-delivered scheme: *Trusted Game* .

There is an aim for at least 50% of the gamebird industry to be self-regulating under an assurance scheme.

Please call your local PHS branch to speak to us about the Trusted Game scheme.

25/10/2024

We've updated our disease surveillance dashboards for and .

They show disease data from submissions to our GB diagnostic network and can inform keepers about diseases in their area. http://apha.defra.gov.uk/vet-gateway/surveillance/scanning/disease-dashboards.htm

21/10/2024

PHS is sponsoring a new category at the 2025 Northern Farmers Awards!

This new category recognises the poultry farmer/producer of the year. 🐔

The awards will occur on Thursday, February 20, at Pavilions of Harrogate.

Good luck to all the producers that have been nominated! 🏆

To nominate, please use this link https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=0w9msPA-c0q0Tvk8KX-vFW1uFXyYHTlEgnfsTCgtQSJURFlCUkU5MEpPMDBWV0gySUg1MjY2SUpESi4u&origin=QRCode&qrcodeorigin=presentation&route=shorturl

The closing date is the 15th November

21/10/2024

Dates for your Diary...
Thursday 28th November 2024
BFREPA is delighted to host the 2024 British Free Range Show at the Telford International Centre PHS will have a stand in this year’s event.
For tickets and more information please follow the link below

https://www.bfrepa.co.uk/tickets

17/10/2024

PHS is sponsoring a new category at the 2025 Northern Farmers Awards!

This new category recognises the poultry farmer/producer of the year. 🐔

The awards will occur on Thursday, February 20, at Pavilions of Harrogate.

Good luck to all the producers that have been nominated! 🏆

To nominate, please use this link https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=0w9msPA-c0q0Tvk8KX-vFW1uFXyYHTlEgnfsTCgtQSJURFlCUkU5MEpPMDBWV0gySUg1MjY2SUpESi4u&origin=QRCode&qrcodeorigin=presentation&route=shorturl

The closing date is the 15th November

A new category has been announced for the 2025 Northern Farmer Awards – Poultry Farmer/ Producer of the Year.

14/10/2024

New mandatory bird registration: what do keepers need to know.

The blog of vets working in UK government

14/10/2024

Dates for your diary..

Friday 18th October 2024
Poultry Club of Scotland Dinner 2024 @
DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro.

To book please follow the link
https://www.poultryclubofscotland.com/

10/10/2024

Today is World Mental Health Day!

World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma.

This year’s theme is ‘It’s time to prioritise mental health in the workplace’.

As part of the My Whole Self campaign, MHFA England encourages you to check in on yourself and others using their My Whole Self MOT. (Attached)

Regular well-being catch-ups with colleagues are a vital way to support one another.

Let's fight the stigma together! 👊

03/10/2024

Red Mite Monitoring Service

The Newbridge Scientific laboratory in Sheriff Hutton (York) can send you the traps you need to monitor the levels of red mites in your sheds.
This is a very cost-effective way of being proactive and knowing the levels of mites in your sheds before they become out of control, which can lead to losses.

The kits consist of ;
Mite traps
Submission forms
Pre-paid envelopes to the lab

Alongside the supply of kits, we can provide practical advice on their use to ensure the most effective monitoring. You can then place the traps as advised and assess mite populations. The traps are sent to the lab to count the mites and the lab will then produce a report that is uploaded in Digiflock and will be sent to you with the vet interpretation.

The vet will discuss with you the most cost-effective method of controlling the mites based on the levels found in the traps.

For more information or to order the kits, please email [email protected] or ring 01347 820366.

01/10/2024

Today we are attending the Parklands Vets Layer Conference in Northern Ireland.
Sara Perez will be one of the speakers this evening together with a number of industry experts in the different areas of management, health and vaccination.

The Conference is starting this afternoon, with a number of technical talks.
Over 200 attendees are expected today in what promises to be one of the egg producers' events of the year!

See you at the layer Conference and trade show at the Armagh City Hotel!

01/10/2024

IMPORTANT CHANGES For FarmIQ online training courses

With immediate effect, the time period in which our online courses need to be completed is 90 days. This is due to a change of the hosting platform which PHS has no control over. FarmIQ will automatically send out a reminder 30 days before expiry to make sure that you complete the course and download the certificate. If you do not complete your courses within 90 days you will need to pay to re-register on the platform.

30/09/2024

NATIONAL CONTROL PLAN- CHANGES IN COMPENSATION- BREEDING FLOCKS

Please find attached a letter from Defra, Scottish Government, and Welsh Government.

This letter concerns immediate changes that are being made to compensation deductions and the payment of the costs associated with the mandatory slaughter of a breeding flock.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Defra via [email protected].