The two previous cases involving the strain H5N1 were confirmed on a turkey farm and poultry farm on November 24 and November 21 also within Co Monaghan. A 3km and a 10km Disease Control Zone has been put in place around the farm by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). However, it's a worrying development as the outbreak is outside the disease control zones in place around the other two affected farms. Across the border, it's understood a suspected outbreak of the virus is also currently under investigation on a duck farm. "The spread of the disease outside the previous restriction zones highlights the high risk of incursion of avian influenza into poultry flocks.

Source: Irish Examiner December 02, 2021 00:46 UTC