More than 82,000 ducks to be culled after outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk
The H5N1 strain was found at the Gressingham Foods site at Debach, near Woodbridge, over the weekend
The H5N1 strain was found at the Gressingham Foods site at Debach, near Woodbridge, over the weekend., and 35,000 ducks had to be culled there. Chief veterinary officer Dr Christine Middlemiss said the UK was seeing its "worst" ever avian flu outbreak.Although there was "no direct evidence" people were helping to spread the virus, Dr Middlemiss urged farmers and keepers to be "absolutely, scrupulously clean" when moving between sheds and bird housing.
Gressingham Foods said: "Over the weekend unfortunately a Green Label duck farm was confirmed as having Highly pathogenic Avian influenza H5N1.
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