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<p>Defra encourages all keepers to register their birds with the Animal and Plant
Health Agency (APHA) and keep contact details up to date, so APHA can contact them
quickly if there is a disease outbreak in their area and they need to take action.</p><p>If
keepers have more than 50 birds, they are legally required to register their flock
within one month of their arrival at their premises. If the keeper has less than 50
birds, including pet birds, they are still strongly encouraged to register.</p><p>Mandatory
requirements to register kept gamebirds can be found at the following link: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpoultry-including-game-birds-registration-rules-and-forms&data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C55e93ce2fbe547f0f88608d8d1c2b73a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637489981515231361%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UeExP4PKsP9Cho1pXoxBPszoYN3J0xEP%2Bebu6D%2B5Q%2Bw%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/poultry-including-game-birds-registration-rules-and-forms</a>.</p><p>The
public can register with the APHA alerts service to receive email and text alerts
for exotic notifiable diseases, which includes Avian influenza (AI).</p><p>AI is a
notifiable animal disease. If a bird keeper or the public suspect any type of AI in
poultry or captive birds they must report it immediately by calling the Defra Rural
Services Helpline. Failure to do so is an offence and enforced by local authorities.</p><p>An
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across the whole of England.
The AIPZ means all bird keepers in England (whether they have pet birds, captive gamebirds,
commercial flocks or just a few birds in a backyard flock) are required by law to
take a range of biosecurity precautions including from the 14 December 2020 keeping
their birds indoors except in very specific circumstances.</p><p>Further details of
the measures that apply in the AIPZ including biosecurity guidance and housing measures
can be found on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Favian-influenza-bird-flu%23AIPZ&data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C55e93ce2fbe547f0f88608d8d1c2b73a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637489981515241356%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=kM9JZOGCUUInon4twcUIAMkTWAcn4tV2BXoagt6pl%2FQ%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p>
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