The clue is in the name: avian flu is about birds, not pigs - But you must still be on your guard, especially now autumn is here

摘要

This autumn may bring fresh cases of avian flu if the catalyst is migratory birds. The biggest issue of all to get over to everyone is that avian flu is not a pig disease and therefore whatever restrictions apply to infected poultry farms only affectpigs if they are on the same premises. Even in that situation, local judgement might decide the pig and poultry enterprises are sufficiently separate not to impact on one another. In such circumstances pig movement might be able to carry on. In the lastmajor outbreak of avian flu in the Netherlands, pigs were found that were sero-positive to the virus.