Dutch poultry trapped in bird flu – AlKhaleej Today

Dutch poultry farmers keep their birds indoors to comply with a government order after a highly contagious form of avian flu was found in two dead swans this week. A spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture said it was not yet clear how long the order would be enforced, but noted that no cases had been found in commercial poultry.Poultry is a 1.6 billion euro industry in the Netherlands, Europes largest exporter of chickens and eggs, employing 10,000 people on 2,000 farms. Researchers at Wageningen…

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