Head of gamekeeping and game shooting, Stewart Scull, said: «I was involved in the original discussions about establishing the poultry register in 2005 when Defra gave assurances that any information provided would only be used for its intended purpose, to
combat avian flu.
But without an effective drug to
combat avian infections, more
flu - infected birds will come into contact with people, adding to the risk of a mutation that will allow a human - to - human transmission of the
flu.