Britain confirms bird flu on northern England farm is H5N8 strain

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Britain confirms bird flu on northern England farm is H5N8 strain

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-confirms-bird-flu-northern-english-farm-h5n8-150045571.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4_R1t0BbtumSL8LVOKNjXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-18T150045Z_1_LYNXNPEAAH0R8_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BIRDFLU-BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police tape and warning signs are seen outside a duck farm in Nafferton, northern England" align="left" title="Police tape and warning signs are seen outside a duck farm in Nafferton, northern England" border="0" /></a>By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain's farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that the risk to humans was minimal, and that a cull of all 6,000 ducks on the farm in east Yorkshire should be completed later on Tuesday. &quot;The advice from the Chief Medical Officer and Public Health England remains that the risk to public health is very low,&quot; said a Defra spokeswoman. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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