Britain confirms bird flu outbreak at turkey farm in eastern England

The H5N8 bird flu strain has been found at a turkey farm in Lincolnshire, eastern England, Britain’s agriculture department said on Friday. Several European countries and Israel have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in the past few weeks and some have ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors to prevent the disease spreading. The last case of bird flu in Britain was in July 2015 when the H7N7 strain was detected near Preston, northern England.

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Britain confirms bird flu outbreak at turkey farm in eastern England