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Region in efforts to prevent bird flu from wiping out poultry industry

Michelle Nurse Dec 2, 2015 0

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday December 2, 2015 – Agricultural officials are pushing for heightened biosecurity on poultry farms across the region in a bid to prevent avian influenza – better known as bird flu – from wiping out the…
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Saint Lucia places temporary ban on all UK poultry imports

Michelle Nurse Nov 25, 2014 0

Saint Lucia has slapped a temporary ban on the importation of all poultry and poultry products from the United Kingdom, as a result of an outbreak of bird flu there. The Ministry of Agriculture said the ban was imposed in light of…
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Poultry banned on account of Bird Flu

Michelle Nurse Nov 19, 2014 0

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda yesterday instituted an immediate ban on all poultry and poultry products out of the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Japan due to a recent outbreak of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). A release from the…
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