Bird flu can devastate poultry flocks and the virus typically spreads during the winter months.

But there has been a flurry of recent cases including two on farms near Attleborough in Norfolk on July 30 and August 6, while a suspected Suffolk case near Woodbridge on August 10 was subsequently found not to be avian influenza following official laboratory tests by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Defra says the risk from avian influenza continues to rise, particularly in coastal counties such as Norfolk and Suffolk which are on........

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