Scottish wild bird highly pathogenic avian influenza response plan

Footnotes

1. Exotic animal disease contingency framework plan: August 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Notifiable avian disease control strategy for Great Britain - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

3. Notifiable avian disease control strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

4. The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Scotland) Order 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)

5. HAIRS risk assessment: avian influenza A(H5N1) in non-avian UK wildlife - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

6. Key:

Biosecurity: appropriate measures must be put in place for a range of measures, including people entering or leaving premises where poultry or other captive birds are kept (other than slaughterhouses).

Ban on bird gatherings: bird gatherings will not be permitted within the zone.

Ban on the release of game birds: the release of game birds will not be permitted within the zone.

Ban on hunting/taking of wild birds: the hunting of wild birds or the taking of them from the wild will be banned unless licensed.

7. Clinical signs - Avian influenza (bird flu): how to spot and report the disease - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Clinical signs - Avian influenza (bird flu): how to spot and report the disease - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. NatureScot Scientific Advisory Committee Sub-Group on Avian Influenza Report on the H5N1 outbreak in wild birds 2020-2023 | NatureScot

10. wild-bird-target-species-for-passive-surveillance.pdf (izsvenezie.com)

11. Review of the potential of seabird colony monitoring to inform monitoring programmes for consented offshore wind farm projects (www.bto.org)

12. NatureScot Scientific Advisory Committee Sub-Group on Avian Influenza Report on the H5N1 outbreak in wild birds 2020-2023 | NatureScot

13. Avian influenza (bird flu): how to spot and report the disease - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)