Press: bird-flu measures cost a billion

Measures introduced against the risk of bird flu last year cost Czech poultry farmers a billion CZK (almost 5m USD), Hospodarske noviny reported on Monday. Last week the state veterinary authority said remaining extraordinary measures against bird-flu would come to an end on May 1. But they were not the only reason for the farmers' losses: there was also an increase in cheap imports from other states where people were afraid to eat poultry.