Re: Bird Flu - Diss - Norfolk

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:27:32 -0000, "Pat Gardiner"
<patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Turkeys with ducks and geese on same premises. Cull under way.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2007/071112b.htm

Full confirmation of results, including whether or not this
is H5N1 and whether the strain is high or low pathogenic
will follow.

From EDP24:
http://tinyurl.com/2aaeky

Bird flu confirmed on poultry farm near Diss

MICHAEL POLLITT, RURAL AFFAIRS EDITOR

12 November 2007 16:35

Bird flu has been confirmed in a flock of turkeys on a
poultry farm at Redgrave, near Diss, said Defra today.

The birds tested positive for the H5 strain of avian flu in
premises close to the Norfolk and Suffolk border.

The premises also contain ducks and geese and all the birds
will be slaughtered. There are about 5,000 turkeys in a
rearing flock, which will be slaughtered.

Defra has imposed a 3km [Protection Zone] and a 10km
surveillance zone around the premises. And poultry keepers
have been urged by acting chief vet, Fred Landeg, to house
all their birds as a precaution.

Tests are being carried out to check whether the H5 strain
is the high pathogenic or a low pathogenic strain.

All poultry keepers on the GB Poultry Register will be
notified, and the EU Commission has been informed.

Suffolk County Council, which is the lead local authority,
called a meeting at 4pm, and will be implenting control
measures on behalf of Defra.


--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in uk.business.agriculture)
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