Control zones in place following Calveley bird flu case
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A further case of bird flu has been confirmed in commercial poultry in Cheshire.
All birds at the affected site in Calveley would be culled, said the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Temporary control zones of 3km and 10km have been put in place around the site.
It comes after avian influenza was found in birds in a commercial premises near Crewe on 22 January.
Control zones have also been established around premises near Tarporley and Aldersey.
The UK has recently seen a large number of outbreaks and incidents of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in birds across the country, which while highly pathogenic in birds has been said to pose a low risk to people.
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