Galway Bay fm newsroom - A second case of bird flu has been identified in county Galway.
The discovery was made yesterday after a wild bird was found to be carrying a strain of avian influenza.
H5N8 is the cause of recent outbreaks in the UK and across Europe and is highly contagious among birds - however, it poses a low risk to humans.
The latest detection in Galway follows the discovery of the disease in another wild bird in Co Wexford just after Christmas.
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Farmers are being advised to keep their poultry flocks confined - although no outbreaks have been found in Irish poultry so far.
Amy Nora Fitzgibbon from the Irish Farmers Journal says farmers are aware of the precautions they need to take.
