A new UK trial testing avian influenza vaccines in turkeys aims to protect poultry from H5N1. Scientists say reducing the virus in birds may also help lower the risk of a future human pandemic
Animal health agency says influx of illegal meat means risk to UK is 'high'
Turkeys will be first birds to be vaccinated in new bid to control the disease
Both external and internal biosecurity measures should be considered when controlling infection risk on dairy farms
Red Tractor suspends Hockenhull Turkeys after footage shows staff member urinating in a pen
Aberystwyth University set to become Wales's first high throughput testing centre for notifiable animal diseases following Gov funding
Welsh Government says action has been taken as the country is facing a 'significantly elevated threat'
Port authority says Gov must act immediately to avert health crisis
New report says past government's port 'vision' has left Defra with no effective system to protect biosecurity
Chester South and Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth writes for Farmers Guardian on the heartbreak of animal disease on-farm, such as bovine TB, and how years of hard work can be compromised by a single positive test