Bird Flu Strikes Turkey Farm in England

It appears the 159,000 birds will have to be culled in yet another outbreak of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus that struck the UK.

This case is similar to previous outbreaks on the European continent. Hopefully the virus can be contained before it spreads to other poultry farms. It is important to control the outbreak now before the bird migration begins.

The bird flu has killed 163 people and 200 million birds so far. We can only hope that it is stopped before it mutates into a super virulent form. I predict that unless stronger measures are taken this will happen soon.