horseflesh
02-02-2007, 09:53 PM
BBC News, Friday, 2 February
Government vets are investigating an outbreak of an illness which has killed 1,000 turkeys on a farm in Suffolk.
The birds are being tested for a number of diseases at a farm, understood to be near Halesworth, including avian flu.
But officials have stressed it is would be premature to say they are looking at a suspected case of bird flu.
Vets from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) say the results of preliminary tests should be known on Friday night.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6325963.stm
Government vets are investigating an outbreak of an illness which has killed 1,000 turkeys on a farm in Suffolk.
The birds are being tested for a number of diseases at a farm, understood to be near Halesworth, including avian flu.
But officials have stressed it is would be premature to say they are looking at a suspected case of bird flu.
Vets from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) say the results of preliminary tests should be known on Friday night.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6325963.stm