Bird flu returns to Yorkshire as Defra orders cull

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

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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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