bird flu. The New Arc centre near Ellon, Aberdeenshire wrote on social media that it had been confirmed that the two Knots that were in its care had the virus.
The news comes as an outbreak was found on a flock of domestic hens in Sanday in Orkney last month. An outbreak of Avian flu hit some humans in parts of Asia in 2017.New Arc said in their statement that one of the injured knots had to be euthanised and the other died shortly after arrival.They added that the birds had avian flu.The statement read: "It has today been confirmed that both Knots that were brought to us, one injured and euthanased immediately, one very poorly that died shortly after arrival while we were attempting to contact the authorities about our suspicions, did have.
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