Bird flu outbreak may prompt cull

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Hospital For Bird Flu Vet

 

Updated: 19:01, Tuesday February 06, 2007

 

A vet who attended the latest bird flu outbreak is being monitored in hospital, according to reports.

 

The Ministry of Agriclture vet is undergoing "preliminary and precautionary" tests at a Nottingham hospital.

 

The vet, who has not been named, was called to the Bernard Matthew farm at Holton in Suffolk to investigate the outbreak.

 

Government vets have completed disinfecting an East Anglia farm where bird flu had broken out.

 

All 160,000 poultry at the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk that could have been contaminated by the H5N1 virus have been gassed.

 

The infected farm lies in a part of Suffolk where there are a large number of small-scale and commercial farms.

 

All those working there have been offered Tamiflu injections as a precaution.

 

Bernard Matthews insisted none of the affected birds had entered the food chain and consumers were not at risk.

 

Environment Secretary David Miliband supported that message, saying the bird flu outbreak posed a "negligible" threat to the public.

 

He said there was believed to be "no risk" in eating properly-cooked poultry or eggs.

 

Meanwhile, the Government said it was happy with its response to the crisis, despite criticism about the way the outbreak was handled.

 

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