With avian influenza cases already exceeding last season’s total, free-range egg producers are being urged to invest in ...

Glenrath Farms in the Borders - which produces more than one million eggs a day - is hit by more cases.

A highly pathogenic strain means outbreaks in the last four months have already surpassed last year's total.

Seabird numbers are plummeting even amongst once thriving species with drastic action urged by conservationists to prevent wipeout.

Current legislation only allows birds that are kept in zoological settings to be vaccinated against avian influenza.

It's 20 years since the first confirmed case of HPAI in the UK. Mark Avery reflects on some of the most severe outbreaks and wonders what the future holds.

Suffolk Owl Sanctuary falls within the disease protection zone and is limiting its activities.

People have been warned not to touch dead or sick birds after a case of avian flu was confirmed in Nottinghamshire. The disease was found in a wild whooper swan in Shelford, according to ...

SHOPPERS across Scotland have been left scrambling to find eggs as supermarket shelves have been left empty due to a shortage. One of the biggest egg producers in the country has been hit by a ...

A new nasal spray vaccine for H5N1 bird flu has shown promising early results, raising hopes it could one day be used to help ...

The deaths of more than 20 swans along a stretch of river is suspected to have been caused by avian flu. The Swan Support rescue organisation said at least 23 birds had died on the River Kennet at ...