UK confirms H5N8 bird flu on English turkey farm

cde.news desk 30 November 2020, 06:45 · 1 min read

epa08213296 The chickens of poultry farmer Theo Bos in the stable in Barneveld, The Netherlands, 12 February 2020. Commercial poultry farmers must keep their chickens indoors for the time being after bird flu was discovered in Bretzfeld, Germany. EPA-EFE/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN

Bird flu has been found at a turkey farm in northern England, the government said on Sunday.

“Avian flu has been confirmed at a commercial turkey fattening farm near Northallerton, North Yorkshire,” Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss said in a statement. The disease was the H5N8 strain.

It said all 10,500 birds at the farm would be humanely culled to limit the spread of the disease, and that the risk to public health was very low. The outbreak does not pose a food safety risk, the statement added.

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