A bird flu infection at a duck breeding farm in the
north of England prompted the culling of 6,000 birds Tuesday, dpa reported.
Vets were investigating whether this outbreak is linked to that at a
poultry farm in the Netherlands at the weekend and one in Germany
earlier in the month.
A 10-kilometre exclusion zone was set up around the Yorkshire village
of Nafferton to curb the spread of the disease.
The virus has been identified as H5 but not the H5N1 strain that can
be deadly to humans.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said the risk to public health was
very low and the Environment Department's Animal and Plant Health
Agency said the risk of the disease spreading was "probably quite
low."