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Following the discovery of bird flu at the premises, about 30,000 birds on a poultry farm in Northern Ireland were culled.
Following the discovery of bird flu at the premises, about 30,000 birds on a poultry farm in Northern Ireland were culled.
This is the first time that the disease has been reported in the country's commercial fleet since 1998. A 3-mile security zone has been set up by the Department of Agriculture around the farm near Clough in County Antrim. Dr Robert Huey,
Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of Northern Ireland, has launched disease control measures based on clinical signs and initial results provided by the Institute of Agri-Food and Biosciences (AFBI) and
recent detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in a number of wild birds across Northern Ireland.
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