The Department of Agriculture has confirmed the Donegal location of the latest case of avian influenza that has been detected in a wild bird.
The latest positive case of bird flu was found in a bird in Bridgend in recent days.
“The positive wild bird in Co. Donegal was found in Bridgend,” a department spokesperson confirmed to Donegal Daily.
It is the third in Ireland since the Minister for Agriculture introduced new strict biosecurity regulations for poultry on 6 December 2024.
It comes as an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone was introduced in Northern Ireland on Saturday following three confirmed cases of bird flu in wild birds in three different countries.
The first was in Galway, one in Dublin and the most recent one confirmed in Donegal in mid-January.
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