Avian influenza in backyard poultry

Avian influenza in backyard poultry

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The UK is at increased risk of avian influenza over the winter months, owing both to the flight paths of migratory birds and the ability of the virus to survive in the environment in low temperatures.

This short collection draws together some of our existing content relating to both avian influenza and backyard poultry keeping.

Last updated 2025.

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- Backyard poultry
  BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines (2023)
  
  Authors: Pam Mosedale, David Harris and Contributors
  
  Small scale poultry keeping has increased dramatically and keepers often view their poultry as pets. However, irrespective of the purpose for which poultry are kept, they are technically farm animals and food-producing animals and this has implications for the use of medicines and disposal after death. Self-assessment questions are included.
  
  Last updated November 2024 to reflect changes in the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR). Changes are highlighted in blue in the PDF version.
- How to…
  
  Manage respiratory diseases of backyard hens
  
  Author Henrietta Kodilinye-Sims
  
  Why is up-skilling in poultry medicine important? Have you buckled at the knees on seeing the word ‘chicken’ flash up on the appointment system? Rest assured – subsequent experience in the poultry industry has made clear these cases are often straightforward. Henrietta Kodilinye-Sims from the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and co-authors Kannan Ganapathy from the University of Liverpool, and Alex Schock and David Welchman from the Animal Plant and Health Agency offer some welcome guidance.
- Health and Welfare
  
  The great escape
  
  Author Jane Howorth
  
  Jane Howorth is the organizer of Britain’s biggest hen party, a group of 900 volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of millions of chickens employed in the UK egg industry. They seek out new homes for birds destined for the slaughterhouse at the end of their productive careers, and work to improve understanding of hen health and welfare. Jane set up the British Hen Welfare Trust in 2005 and talks to Companion about their plans to support clinical research on the common diseases affecting backyard poultry.
- Publications
  
  Backyard poultry
  
  Authors: Guy Poland and Aidan Raftery
  
  Editors, Guy Poland and Aidan Raftery, introduce Companion readers to the latest addition to the BSAVA Manual series.
- Respiratory disorders
  BSAVA Manual of Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery
  
  Authors: Michael Lierz and Ursula Heffels-Redmann
  
  Respiratory disorders in backyard poultry tend not to be problems that affect single birds, but diseases that affect the whole flock. This chapter covers the epidemiology, aetiology and pathogenesis, clinical signs, differential diagnosis, post-mortem findings, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of a wide range of respiratory diseases in poultry.
- A nursing guide to back yard chickens
  BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2018
  
  Author John Chitty
- Notifiable and zoonotic disease for companion animal practitioners
  
  Guidance on the professional obligations related to notifiable diseases
  
  Author Sally Everitt
  
  Sally Everitt with a review of the disease notification system and the part vets play in its enforcement.
- Poultry passions
  
  Responding to the growth in keeping poultry
  
  Author John Bonner
  
  The last 20 years has seen phenomenal growth in the number of households keeping ‘backyard’ chickens, often as pets, not just for their eggs. John Bonner asks what vets need to know about them.
- Backyard poultry problems and solutions
  
  Introduction to a mini-modular course on poultry
  
  Author Victoria Roberts
  
  With more and more people keeping poultry vets are increasingly likely to be presented with these birds. Victoria Roberts introduces a series of CPD courses to help.