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15/11/2007
Second Farm Cull Ordered At Bird Flu Fears Spread
Another slaughter of birds has begun on a second farm in Suffolk amid fears that the deadly bird flu virus discovered earlier this week has spread.
Turkeys at Grove Farm in Botesdale were due to be culled today after Defra said they had "dangerous contact" with the initial case of the virus, which was discovered at the nearby Redgrave Park farm on Sunday.
However, the cull has now become a "slaughter on suspicion" after animal health officials, who turned up to carry out the cull, found a number of birds already dead.
A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone is in place around Redgrave Park farm, where the presence of the virus was confirmed on Tuesday.
It is feared that the virus might also have spread to three other farms in the wider restricted zone. These have been named in reports as Stone House Farm in West Harling, Bridge Farm in Pulham, both in Norfolk, and Hill Meadow in Knettishall in Suffolk.
A total of 22,000 free-range turkeys will be put to death at these farms, in addition to the 6,500 turkeys, ducks and geese that were culled at the free-range rearing unit at Redgrave Park.
(KMcA)
Turkeys at Grove Farm in Botesdale were due to be culled today after Defra said they had "dangerous contact" with the initial case of the virus, which was discovered at the nearby Redgrave Park farm on Sunday.
However, the cull has now become a "slaughter on suspicion" after animal health officials, who turned up to carry out the cull, found a number of birds already dead.
A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone is in place around Redgrave Park farm, where the presence of the virus was confirmed on Tuesday.
It is feared that the virus might also have spread to three other farms in the wider restricted zone. These have been named in reports as Stone House Farm in West Harling, Bridge Farm in Pulham, both in Norfolk, and Hill Meadow in Knettishall in Suffolk.
A total of 22,000 free-range turkeys will be put to death at these farms, in addition to the 6,500 turkeys, ducks and geese that were culled at the free-range rearing unit at Redgrave Park.
(KMcA)
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Two farm workers test negative for bird flu
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Two farm workers test negative for bird flu
Two employees at a Suffolk turkey farm affected by a bird flu outbreak have tested negative for the disease. It is understood that both workers from the Bernard Matthews farm in Holton, near Lowestoft, had reported respiratory problems, but were subsequently found not to have contracted the deadly H5N1 virus.
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