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Find out why Poland's pig farmers are concerned about their livelihoods

African Swine Fever, ASF, is a disease transmitted from wild boar to farmed pigs. There's no risk to us, ASF can't infect humans, but it does cause huge economic problems and Poland is currently on the front line. Find out in Unreported Europe what is being done to stop the spread of the disease.

France

France announces a further cull of ducks in battle against bird flu

France is to cull a further 360,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus.

France

France culls a million ducks and geese

The aim is to contain a severe outbreak of bird flu, which has been spreading rapidly over the past month.

France

800,000 birds to be culled in France after bird flu outbreak

The slaughter will affect farms in three departments in the South West of France, a region famed for its foie gras

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United Kingdom

Bird flu comes back to the UK

After sweeping across Europe, Bird flu is back in the UK.

France

Fresh bird flu cases emerge in France

Thousands of farm birds have been put to the slaughter to combat the spread of avian influenza in France's foie gras heartland.

France

France confirms second case of bird flu in a week

France has confirmed its second case of bird flu in less than a week.

France

Bird flu returns to Europe as France becomes the latest country to find H5N8 avian influenza in wild ducks

Cases of H5N8 bird flu have been detected in wild ducks in Northern France amid a recent outbreak of the disease in Europe.

Germany

Germany to cull thousands of poultry after bird flu outbreak

Authorities in Germany have decided to kill 92,000 poultry after a series of high risk H5N8 bird flu cases have been confirmed across the country.

World News

Risk of bird flu rockets in parts of Europe

France has raised the level of alert about an outbreak of the disease from "negligeable" to "heightened" in some regions.

World News

Fears of bird flu after several outbreaks hit farms in Europe

Several countries in Europe have reported outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N8.

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast uncovers new bird flu case

Bulgaria

Bird flu alert in Bulgaria after virus found in dead pelicans

[Watch] Authorities in Bulgaria are dealing with a bird flu alert. They have discovered the H5N1 strain of the virus in two dead pelicans in a

Netherlands

30,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak, Dutch government confirms

Thirty-thousand chickens have been destroyed in the Netherlands after bird flu was found at a free-range farm in eastern town of Barneveld. The

Netherlands

Fourth case of bird flu discovered in Holland

Netherlands

Poultry cull continues in Netherlands as third case of avian flu found

Netherlands

Second case of bird flu confirmed in The Netherlands

United Kingdom

British bird flu confirmed as H5N8

World News

EU adopts bird flu outbreak measures

China

H7N9 bird flu strain kills 56-year-old man in eastern China