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Nov 2 (Reuters) – Britain on Monday mentioned it confirmed hen flu at a rooster farm close to Frodsham in Cheshire, England, however mentioned the danger to public security from the virus was “very low.”
“All 13,000 birds on the farm, which produces hatching eggs, shall be humanely culled to restrict the unfold of the illness,” the federal government mentioned in an announcement. “Correctly cooked poultry and poultry merchandise, together with eggs, are suitable for eating.”
The case concerned hen flu of sort H5N8, the assertion added.
The federal government has additionally arrange momentary management zones of three kms(1.86 miles) and 10 kms across the farm to restrict the danger of unfold.
In previous months, Europe has reported a collection of outbreaks of the illness, which has led to main disruptions of slaughtering programmes within the area’s poultry business.
In its assertion, Britain added that it’s doing additional testing to find out “if it’s a extremely pathogenic pressure and whether or not it’s associated to the virus at the moment circulating in Europe.”
(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Modifying by Leslie Adler and Aurora Ellis)
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