The measures apply nationwide and aim to reduce the likelihood of new infections. The decision was reported to have been taken at a time of increasing avian influenza risk.
Nationwide poultry housing and protection rules follow three bird flu outbreaks
Silvio Erkens, State Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Safety and Nature, imposed an immediate nationwide requirement to house and protect poultry following three outbreaks of avian influenza within a short period.
Sources
English translation of AgroAjans’s Turkish report. Original publishers are linked above.
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