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Map of the zones during the outbreak. The 2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak was an occurrence of avian influenza in England caused by the H5N1 subtype of Influenza virus A that began on 30 January 2007. The infection affected poultry at one of Bernard Matthews' farms in Holton in Suffolk.
All poultry and other captive birds in parts of Yorkshire and the East of England will have to be kept indoors from 23 December to prevent the spread of bird flu, the government has said.
The UK Health Security Agency said bird flu was "primarily a disease of birds" and the risk to the general public was very low. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds , Facebook , Instagram and X ...
An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a commercial farm near Beverley in East Yorkshire. The government's Animal and Plant Health Agency said on Tuesday that due to the presence of highly ...
The District Collector has decided to initiate the process of culling domestic birds within a 1 kilometre radius from the epicentre of the outbreak. [45] As of May 9, district officials have culled 60,232 birds in Alappuzha. Farmers were compensated ₹100 per ducklings and chicks, ₹200 per older bird, and ₹5 per egg destroyed. [46]
Thousands of birds and animals were being culled in Germany to stop the spread. [11] In the United Kingdom the flu was found in a wild duck at a turkey farm in Lincolnshire. [12] In South Korea, a record total of 18.4 million birds had been killed by December since the first outbreak of avian flu was reported at a farm on Nov. 18. [13]
The UK Health Security Agency says bird flu is "primarily a disease of birds" and the risk to the general public is very low. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds , Facebook , Instagram and X . More ...
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.