Following an increase in the number of detections of avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds and on commercial premises, the Chief Veterinary Officers from England, Scotland and Wales have declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds.
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There has been very little volatility for quite some time and the trade is getting bored. Michael Gove, the Defra Secretary, attended both of the Oxford conferences this week, the Oxford Farming Conference and the rival Oxford Real Farming Conference. Archaeologists in Alaska have found an 11,500 year-old skeleton