{"id":81152,"date":"2017-05-06T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T22:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7638bdbcacfcd8423848629d9c5615b3"},"modified":"2017-05-06T22:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T22:00:46","slug":"news-story-avian-flu-confirmed-in-a-backyard-flock-near-thornton-wyre-lancashire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81152","title":{"rendered":"News story: Avian flu confirmed in a backyard flock near Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK\u2019s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed H5N8 avian flu in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks near Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire. A 3 km Protection Zone and a 10 km Surveillance Zone have been put in place around the infected premises to limit the risk of the disease spreading. We have published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/avian-influenza-bird-flu#movement-controls-and-licences\">full details of the controls in place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The flock contains nine birds. A number had died and the remaining live birds at the premises will be humanely culled. A full investigation is under way to determine the source of the infection.<\/p>\n<p>Public Health England advises that the risk to public health from the virus is very low and the Food Standards Agency is clear that bird flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/avian-influenza-bird-flu-in-winter-2016-to-2017\">Read the latest advice and information on avian flu in the UK<\/a>, including actions to reduce the risk of the disease spreading, advice for anyone who keeps poultry or captive birds and details of previous cases. Journalists with queries should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs\/about\/media-enquiries\">contact Defra press office.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H5N8 avian flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock near Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}