(Reuters) – Belgian poultry farmers need to confine their birds from Saturday to prevent outbreaks of bird flu, the government announced on Friday. Belgium has not seen recent outbreaks of bird flu, but they have been reported in neighbours the Netherlands, Germany and France. (Reporting by Bart Meijer; editing by Jason Neely)
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Belgium orders farmers to confine poultry to prevent bird flu outbreaks
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(Reuters) – Belgian poultry farmers need to confine their birds from Saturday to prevent outbreaks of bird flu, the government announced on Friday.
Belgium has not seen recent outbreaks of bird flu, but they have been reported in neighbours the Netherlands, Germany and France.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; editing by Jason Neely)