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Fears of Christmas goose shortages as UK’s biggest producer hit by bird flu

UK’s only large-scale supplier is understood to have suffered multiple outbreaks over the past week

The Guardian - UK

Christmas dinner warning amid bird flu outbreak

Many Christmas dinners could be missing a key item this year

Liverpool Echo

Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’

Experts claim that deadly spillovers of disease between livestock and wildlife are increasing with the growth in intensive methods

The Guardian - UK

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Bird flu: Swans and geese found dead in London canals amid major avian flu outbreak

‘It’s terrible - we are seeing dead carcasses all the time’, says river worker

Evening Standard

Bird flu symptoms and what happens if you eat a chicken that's been infected

The National Farmers' Union has said that avian flu H5N1 has been confirmed in captive birds, poultry and wild birds in England, Wales and Scotland.

Daily Record

Dutch to cull around 102,000 chickens to contain bird flu

The Netherlands is to cull around 102,000 chickens on a farm in the northern city of Kiel-Windeweer after the detection of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, the government said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Turkey could be off the table this Christmas as millions are culled due to bird flu outbreak

Farmers have warned there may be shortages over the festive period if the deadly disease continues to spread

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Bird flu - what happens when you eat a chicken that's been infected?

Farmers are being warned about one of the worst bird flu outbreaks in UK history. Here's what you need to know about how bird flu spreads and whether you can get infected by eating cooked chicken

Daily Mirror

Worst ever bird flu crisis in Europe raises risks for next season - EFSA

Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk of widespread infections next season, the EU's Food Safety Agency (EFSA) said.

Reuters

Bird flu epidemic could cancel Christmas dinner as 3 million turkeys are culled

The current bird flu outbreak is the most severe case in UK history and farmers have advised that there could be a shortage of turkeys this Christmas.

Daily Record

Farmer issues bird flu warning amid outbreak in Turkeys

The UK's current bird flu outbreak is the worst in history

Manchester Evening News

Bird flu: ‘Worst outbreak in UK history’ may put Christmas turkeys at risk

DEFRA is facing calls to provide more protection to farmers

Evening Standard

Fears of Christmas turkey shortage thanks to bird flu

Three million have already had to be culled in the UK

Wales Online

Europe and UK hit by ‘unprecedented’ number of bird flu cases this summer

Poultry farmers from Arctic to Portugal reported 2,500 outbreaks in past year, with migrating birds taking avian flu to North America

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Daily Mirror

Bird flu outbreak could ruin Christmas as millions of turkeys have to be culled

Around three million turkeys have been culled so far amid a bird flu outbreak that has led to special protection zones being established in Norfolk, Suffolk, parts of Essex and the south-west

Evening Standard

Christmas turkeys could be at risk after worst bird flu outbreak in UK history

Three million birds have been culled with bird flu detected at 155 sites across the UK

Reuters

France raises bird flu alert level after resurgence of virus

France will tighten measures to contain bird flu after a resurgence of the virus that swept through poultry flocks last winter, said the agriculture ministry, adding that the nationwide alert level on bird flu had been raised to 'moderate' from 'low'.

Tribune News Service

Cases of bird flu have been detected in a Dallas County backyard flock

A strain of avian influenza has been detected in a backyard flock of birds in Dallas County, although the virus poses little threat to public health, the Texas Animal Health Commission announced Monday.

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A resurgent bird flu is wiping out egg, turkey supplies across America

Turkeys are selling for record high prices ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as a resurgence of bird flu wipes out supplies across the U.S.

Daily Mirror

New mask can detect Covid in just ten minutes - then alert wearer via phone app

A highly-sensitive face covering can detect Covid in the air, as well as swine flu AND bird flu

Irish Mirror

Scientists develop mask that can detect Covid in just 10 minutes - and it sends a message to warn you

It can also pick up swine flu and bird flu using the same technology

Reason

American Hunters Cry Fowl Over Canada Border Ban

Birds don't recognize borders.

Daily Mirror

Zoo evacuated after gibbon escapes just two weeks after bird flu shutdown

Zookeepers "ran around like crazy" trying to rescue the ape which escaped from its enclosure at Paignton Zoo in Devon – which had just reopened after a bird flu outbreak

Bristol Post

Wild Place Project installs disinfectant mats to protect against bird flu outbreak

No cases of avian flu have been detected at the Wild Place Project or Bristol Zoo

The Guardian - UK

‘Unstoppable’ bird flu epidemic causes growing alarm among Dutch farmers

With millions of chickens and ducks culled so far, farmers say only a vaccine can save the poultry sector from the ‘invisible enemy’

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