THE control zones in place around bird flu-hit Eastwood Farm in Shenington have been downgraded.
The Government's chief veterinary officer, Nigel Gibbens, has confirmed the restrictions established on June 3 to contain the outbreak of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza should however remain in place.
Protection and surveillance zones now replace the two temporary control zones.
The three-kilometre inner zone is now a protection zone and the ten-kilometre outer zone is now a surveillance zone.
Restrictions remain in place. These include the housing or otherwise isolation from contact with wild birds in the protection zone.
All bird gatherings in the protection and surveillance zones are banned. Other movements of birds and some products are also banned.
Click
here for more information.
