People are being warned not to pick up sick or dead birds after a second case of avian flu was confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway.
A flock of free-range hens are to be culled after testing positive for the disease weeks after an outbreak at the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
The Scottish Government has imposed restrictions on the commercial premises at Raeburnhead, Kirkpatrick Fleming. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone has been set up around the site.The birds will be humanely culled to limit the risk of the disease spreading.Despite Scotland’s chief veterinary officer Sheila Voas saying the risk to humans is “very low”, the health board’s consultant in public health medicine, Dr Nigel Calvert, is advising people to
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