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Livetec remained in Norfolk at the end of December due to a sixth confirmed outbreak of avian influenza amongst another flock of ducks. The infected premises, which was part of a larger poultry produc...
On December 5th, Livetec were called to a commercial turkey facility in Norfolk, The facility which was home to 29,000 birds, had received confirmation that AI was present on site and quickly spreadin...
Very soon following the third case of avian influenza in Norfolk, Livetec were called to a fourth farm in December 2020. Similarly, the H5N8 strain of avian influenza, which was the most prominent str...
Livetec were alerted to a fifth case of avian influenza on a farm in Norfolk within the space of just a few days at the end of December. The farm, which was in close proximity to the other premises in...
As 2020 drew to a close, Livetec were called by APHA to assist with emergency measures on a farm in Norfolk, which was home to approximately 38,000 ducks. Avian influenza, a highly-pathogenic notifiab...
In the same month, there was another suspected outbreak of HPAI H5N8 in Norfolk, prompting a call to the Livetec team. The premises in question was home to a wide range of mixed poultry, including chi...
Within the same week, Livetec were called to a third property in North Yorkshire following confirmation from APHA that HPAI H5N8 was sweeping through over 12,000 turkeys resident on site.
In early December, Livetec were called to a farm in North Yorkshire as an outbreak of avian influenza was suspected on site. Mobilising quickly, the Livetec Operations team arrived on site the next da...
On the 29th November, the Livetec team were called to a turkey farm in North Yorkshire due to a confirmed case of notifiable avian influenza. The infected site was part of a complex of three farms tha...
The fourth case of avian influenza in the UK was detected at a tourist attraction in Leicestershire in mid-November, which had been closed to the public since the 5th of the same month. Upon a report ...
On the 10th November 2020, Livetec was called to a farm in Herefordshire after an avian influenza outbreak was suspected on a farm which was home to over 46,000 broiler breeder chickens. This was the ...
A few weeks later, Livetec were alerted to a third outbreak of histomoniasis (blackhead disease) on a farm in Lincolnshire. Being alerted on the 9th November 2020, it was determined that the non-notif...
The second commercial outbreak of avian influenza in the UK was found on a medium size chicken broiler breeder rearing unit in Cheshire, with the H5N8 strain spreading through the flock of over 14,000...
On November 3rd, the Livetec Operations team was deployed to the south of England as a result of a suspected avian influenza outbreak, also known as bird flu, on a farm in Kent. A particularly challen...
Since lockdown on 23rd March 2020, when all farm visits stopped, countryside recreational pressure increased. When lockdown was lifted on 23rd June 2020, farm visits began again, albeit slowly, but se...
