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London: UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has on Monday confirmed avian influenza in turkeys on a premises near Diss on the Norfolk/Suffolk border after preliminary tests were positive for the H5 strain.
The premises also contain ducks and geese. All birds on the premises will be slaughtered.
Full confirmation of results, including whether or not this is H5N1 and whether the strain is high or low pathogenic will follow.
A 3-km protection zone and a 10-km surveillance zone are being established around area, said Defra.
All poultry keepers on the Great Britain Poultry Register will be notified, and the EU Commission has been informed.
Avian influenza
- Avian Influenza is a disease of birds. While it can pass very rarely and with difficulty to humans, this requires extremely close contact with infected birds, particularly faeces.
- Advice from the Food Standards Agency remains that properly cooked poultry and poultry products, including eggs, are safe to eat.
- All avian influenzas (H1 to H16) can be low pathogenic but only H5 and H7 are known to become highly pathogenic.
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