Outbreak of bird flu strain H5N1 on Cornish farm

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Outbreak of bird flu strain H5N1 on Cornish farm

Reuters

Protection and surveillance zones have been put in place around the farm

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Cornwall.

The government said all poultry on the infected premises – near Rosudgeon, St Ives – would be humanely culled and a 3km (1.9 mile) protection zone and 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone had been put in place.

It said this was the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 – the major strain – this season.

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earlier this month.

They follow the detection of HPAI, H5N5 and H5N1 in birds kept in the wild in England.

The virus has been around for a century, with outbreaks tending to happen in autumn and fading away by spring and summer.

It spreads through birds’ droppings and saliva, or through contaminated feed and water.

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