A poultry business says the Welsh government should follow England on bird flu prevention measures.
Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease which affects the respiratory, digestive or nervous system of many species of bird.On Tuesday, Minister for Rural Affairs Leslie Griffiths issued a statement on the severity and spread of avian influenza in Wales, emphasising it was "under daily review".
Ms Griffiths said the Welsh government was taking a "science-led approach", rather than following the UK government in England, which, on Monday, 7 November brought mandatory housing of birds into force. "We're in quite a critical time in terms of controlling the disease and housing orders are very effective, both within domestic poultry and also in wild birds," he said.
"There's lots of things going on in the world at the moment and avian influenza is one of the challenges that government face but, for an individual business, when it impacts you, it is disastrous really," he said. NFU Cymru representative and poultry farmer, Llŷr Jones, from near Corwen, Denbighshire, has expressed his daily fear of the avian flu.
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