Nationwide directive for all poultry to be kept under cover

After the appearance of new cases of highly pathogenic (HPA 1, H5N8) bird flu, in domestic poultry holdings throughout the Country, the Region of Chania has drawn to the attention of those in the community that keep poultry, the following:

The intensified implementation of measures for biosafety in the face of bird flu, from the Ministry for Agricultural Growth and Food, which make it compulsory nationwide, to keep poultry raised for personal use or for professional rearing, in exclusively closed spaces only.