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Bird flu returns to Yorkshire as Defra orders cull

Protection and surveillance zones put in place following confirmation of avian influenza at commercial property

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 1 min read
Defra has placed a surveillance zone around premises in Yorkshire following avian flu outbreak
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Defra has placed a surveillance zone around premises in Yorkshire following avian flu outbreak

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Hornsea, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Defra said all poultry on the infected premises would now be humanely...

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