Avian Flu Updates

Avian Flu Updates

British scientists at Acambis in Cambridge have developed an all encompassing flu shot, two injections of which could provide immunity against a wide variety of flu viruses, including the avian flu.

Avian Flu Updates

Poultry farms in Dorset will be checked for any signs of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus after three swans tested positive for the disease.

Avian Flu Updates

Bernard Matthews is to receive nearly £600,000 ($1.2 million) for the approximately 160,000 turkeys that were killed at the farm in Suffolk during the bird flu outbreak there in February.

Avian Flu Updates

According to the Food Standards Agency, the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk, which was the site of a recent avian flu outbreak, will not face criminal charges because of “insufficient evidence” for the way food waste products were handled.

Avian Flu Updates

It has been revealed that during the outbreak of avian flu at Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk last month, 757 tons of turkey from the UK and 93 tons from Hungary, as well as 50 tons of chicken from Brazil were processed there.