Avian influenza: EU on alert for new outbreaks

摘要

EU countries are being urged to step up surveillance and biosecurity measures to guard against possible new outbreaks of avian influenza this year.The warning follows outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among wild and domestic birds in western Russia and Kazakhstan over the past few months. This region is a known autumn migration route for wild water birds heading to Europe.