Bird Flu Strain At Suffolk Poultry Farm Confirmed As Infectious H5N1

DISS, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 13: DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) workers clear up dead turkey carcasses at Redgrave Park Farm where around 2,600 birds, including ducks and geese, are being slaughtered following the confirmed outbreak of the H5 strain of bird flu, on November 13, 2007 in Redgrave, Suffolk, near Diss, Norfolk, England. A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone has been established around the infected premises. Following further tests, DEFRA has announced at a press conference that this particular virus does contain the highly infectious H5N1 substrain of Aviation Influenza (the fourth outbreak H5N1 in the UK this year), which in rare cases can spread to other species, including humans. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)