A total of 13,000 chickens are to be culled after an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) was confirmed at a Cheshire farm. The H5N8 strain of the disease was confirmed at a broiler breeder’s premises near Frodsham on Monday (2 November). It follows the unrelated discovery of the H5N2 low pathogenic strain of the […]
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