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12,000 Christmas geese to be culled as bird flu crisis deepens
Chris Hill
Published: 8:49 AM October 7, 2022
12,000 geese will be culled after bird flu was confirmed at a farm near Mundford
About 12,000 geese will be culled after bird flu was found at a Breckland farm - Norfolk's fourth confirmed case in the last seven days.
Government vets identified a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in a commercial flock of poultry near Mundford, between Swaffham and Thetford.
Defra said all birds on the infected farm will be humanely culled, and a 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone were put in place around the premises.
It is one of more than 160 confirmed cases across the country in the UK's worst-ever bird flu outbreak, and the fifteenth in Norfolk and Suffolk since the start of September - including five near Attleborough...
12,000 Christmas geese to be culled as bird flu crisis deepens
Chris Hill
Published: 8:49 AM October 7, 2022
12,000 geese will be culled after bird flu was confirmed at a farm near Mundford
About 12,000 geese will be culled after bird flu was found at a Breckland farm - Norfolk's fourth confirmed case in the last seven days.
Government vets identified a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in a commercial flock of poultry near Mundford, between Swaffham and Thetford.
Defra said all birds on the infected farm will be humanely culled, and a 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone were put in place around the premises.
It is one of more than 160 confirmed cases across the country in the UK's worst-ever bird flu outbreak, and the fifteenth in Norfolk and Suffolk since the start of September - including five near Attleborough...