Avian Bird Flu - UK Slaughtering 160,000 Turkeys To Contain H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak

UK Slaughtering 160,000 Turkeys To Contain H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
Government officials, veterinarians and farm workers have been working all night slaughtering turkeys to contain the bird flu outbreak that was confirmed as H5N1 on a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk last week. Nearly 160,000 turkeys are being gassed in portable chambers. Although the turkeys started dying on Tuesday last week, the authorities were not informed until Thursday because at first E Coli was suspected. [click link for full article]