Re: Bird Flu - Diss - Norfolk


"Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Peter Duncanson" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

As usual, I think that Viva have been complaining about some of the
conditions at a Turkey farm in Redgrave.

That does not mean gthat I think Viva have anything to do with spreading
the disease. I do think they are a useful source of reasonably reliable
information on just what they have witnessed.and what is being ignored by
the RSPCA and SVS.



Over to you *Pete*.

Just to add that this is Grange Farm, Redgrave. I know nothing against them.
They have my sympathies.

I now look forward to every ignorant layabout dependant on hot air and
buttering up Defra's vets for his daily bread, telling us it was all the
fault of foreigners and nothing that soap and water can't cure. Same old
refain, same old conmen. No doubt they will soon encourage a road blockage,
just to add to the chaos.

http://www.dissmercury.co.uk/content/dissmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=DMAOnline&category=news&tBrand=DMAonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED12%20Nov%202007%2015%3A49%3A10%3A607


Bird flu confirmed on poultry farm near Diss
MICHAEL POLLITT, EDP RURAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
12 November 2007
A flock of turkeys on a poultry farm at Redgrave, near Diss, has tested
positive for the H5N1 highly-pathogenic strain of bird flu, it has been
reported.

Industry experts said that "the turkeys were dropping like flies" - a
certain sign that the same deadly strain of the virus was killing birds.

Defra officials were not able to confirm the exact strain tonight but said
results of on-going tests would be known later on Monday night.

"It is far too premature at this stage to identify the exact strain," an
official added.

However, the rate of mortality in the 5,000 turkeys at Grange Farm,
Redgrave, near Diss, has given every indication that the strain is the same
as the February outbreak at Holton. Turkeys are the most prone species of
poultry to perish from avian flu.

The farm at Redgrave also has 1,000 ducks, 500 geese and 5,000 turkeys -
being reared for Woodbridge-based Gressingham Foods.

There is absolutely no connection with the Holton farm at the centre of the
February 3 outbreak where a total of 159,000 turkeys were slaughtered, said
a spokesman for Bernard Matthews tonight.

The turkeys, which were in a rearing flock, will be slaughtered as soon as
possible. Defra immediately imposed a three km protection zone around the
farm plus a 10km surveillance zone around the latest H5 outbreak.

And poultry keepers have been urged by acting chief vet, Fred Landeg, to
house all their birds as a precaution. Birds will not lose their free-range
status is they are housed.

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, met this
afternoon and will be implementing control measures on behalf of Defra.

While bird flu has no direct implications for human health, the Food
Standards Agency advice remains that properly cooked poultry and poultry
products, including eggs, are safe to eat.

All avian influenzas (H1 to H16) can be low pathogenic but only H5 and H7
are known to become highly pathogenic.

The last case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected in turkeys at a
Bernard Matthews farm at Holton, near Halesworth, in early February.

Ironically, industry leaders were attending a poultry health meeting with
senior officials at Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
this afternoon.

Auctioneer Fabian Eagle, who runs the weekly Wednesday poultry market at
Hollywell, near Barton Mills, said that sales of poultry and birds will not
take place but sales of rabbits would start from 10.30am.


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Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com


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




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