Bird flu eradication in NZ unlikely if it arrives, MPI says - focus is on ‘reducing impact’
Avian influenza (commonly known as bird flu) is a viral disease of birds that is found all around the globe. The disease mainly affects birds, but has been known to be transmissable to mammals.
Read on for ways to mitigate the risk bird flu will have on commercial poultry farmers, the agriculture industry and food production and storage facilities.
Every year New Zealand growers lose millions of dollars in crops to pest birds and animals.
Fortunately there are a variety of methods available for protecting your grain, cereal and other seed crops from those pesky birds.
Some common solutions below, each have their own advantages and disadvantages:
Birds are commonly an issue around ripening fruit such as grapes, olives and cherries, but kiwifruit growers have a unique issue during the end of winter / early spring with birds eating and attacking the flower and leaf buds.
Bird control during bud burst is important as the loss of kiwifruit flower buds to birds can occur very quickly. This is devastating to orchards as it results in reduced crop yield and revenue.
Loss of Kiwifruit flower buds to birds, at bud burst, can occur very quickly and can be devastating to orchards, causing loss of revenue for both growers and the kiwifruit industry.Fortunately there are a variety of methods available for protecting...
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Do you net your vineyard? Is it worth the time, cost and inconvenience? Are there alternatives that can be used effectively?These are compelling questions.Most winegrowers use bird netting of some form, simply because they need to or because it has been...
Laser beams have been used for a number of years as effective bird deterrents. With specialist lasers designed for deterring birds, birds perceive the beam as a solid object. Providing the beam is moving, birds view this as a threat...
Every year NZ wine growers lose millions of dollars in revenue to hungry birds. Large flocks of birds feeding, can quickly cause damage to a vineyard. Using bird deterrents to reduce bird presence, both in and around the vineyard, can...
