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Experts issue warning after bird flu outbreak leads to 10km control zones

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People have been warned against picking up sick or dead birds after a strain of bird flu has been found at farms and in some wild bird populations.

Council officials say the risk to public health remains ‘very low’ after a number of cases of the avian influenza strain were discovered across Lancashire.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) confirmed the strain was found in commercial poultry premises near Salwick and within a small mixed flock of poultry near Kirkham. Read more: GMP issue statement after two police cars wrecked and officers injured in serious smash And it was found within some wild bird populations in the Lancashire area last week.

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