Scotland sets out poultry plan after new strain of bird flu
Measures are being put into place to separate animals including chickens and turkeys from areas where migrating ducks and geese gather.
Scottish farmers are being forced to stop their poultry from mixing with wild birds, over fears of a bird flu outbreak.
Measures are being put into place to separate animals including chickens and turkeys from areas where migrating ducks and geese gather.
The H5N8 viral strain's been found in 14 countries including France and Germany.
Sheila Voas, Scotland's chief vet, says there's only a risk to the economy, not human health.
"What we're doing is purely precautionary, we don't have avian flu in Scotland, but we do know there's a strain circulating"
"What we're doing is limiting the contact between poultry - and wild birds, like ducks and geese - because it's likely to be from those birds it'll be spread"
"There's always flu virus circulating in birds, but this year the strain is circulating among wild birds and poultry"
"Some strains can affect humans, but colleagues from Health Protection Scotland and Food Standards Scotland have said this strain can't"
There are no cases at present.