# Avian influenza: EFSA recommends increased protection of farms from wild birds | EFSA

> EFSA recommends stronger protection of poultry and farmed animals from wild birds as the autumn migration begins. Between 24 June and 1 September 2023, 25 domestic and 482 wild bird HPAI outbreaks were reported across 21 European countries. Finland reported 26 fur farm outbreaks, and EFSA launched an improved Bird Flu Radar tool.

- Date: 2023-09-28 · published 2023-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16158-avian-influenza-efsa-recommends-increased-protection-of-farms-from-wild-birds
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened biosecurity advice for the autumn migration signals risk to European poultry flocks, though current poultry impact is described as having eased.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- efsa.europa.eu: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/avian-influenza-efsa-recommends-increased-protection-farms-wild-birds

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