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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Bird flu found in poultry at site in Anglesey

Hens on a British farm in the UK.
A 3km protection zone has been place around the site where the infection was found, the Welsh government said. Photograph: Ian Hinchliffe/Alamy

Bird flu has been identified in poultry at a site in Anglesey, the Welsh government said on Sunday.

The presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was confirmed by Wales’s interim chief veterinary officer, Gavin Watkins, at the site. It is the first confirmed case of avian influenza in Wales since 1 October.

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