The West Country | Archive | 2007 | June | 8


Restrictions lifted on "bird flu" premises

From the Chard & Ilminster News, first published Friday 8th Jun 2007.

TESTS on chickens suspected of carrying bird flu at a premises near Chard have come back negative.

As reported in the News, samples were taken from 12 chickens at Stony Knaps, Winsham, last Wednesday, after a sick chicken showing symptoms of bird flu was destroyed there a day earlier.

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs says all restrictions on the movement of poultry and people to and from Stony Knaps have been lifted.

Read next week's News for the full story.

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