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Qualitative risk assessment: assessing the risk of pigeon racing in spreading avian influenza

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Part of: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring and Animal and plant health
• Published: 15 March 2017

Qualitative risk assessment on what risks pigeon racing poses to the spread of the HPAI (avian influenza) virus to wild and captive birds.

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Risk assessment on the likelihood of spread of H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza associated with racing pigeons

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Qualitative risk assessment considering the risks of spreading highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) by pigeons kept for racing. This has been considered during the current outbreak of H5N8 HPAI virus in Europe.

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Published: 15 March 2017

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Animal and Plant Health Agency

Part of: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring Animal and plant health