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Chickens at farm outside the capital tested for suspected bird flu



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TESTS were being carried out last night after signs of suspected bird flu were found at a farm on the edge of Edinburgh.
Workers at Easter Norton Farm, near Edinburgh Airport, are believed to have raised the alarm and called in veterinary experts to examine a number of chickens.

A warning sign at the entrance to the poultry farm, at Newbridge, banned all vehicles from entering without permission yesterday.

However, sources said the tests were routine and insisted there was "no cause for alarm".

It is understood there have been no signs of the H5N1 strain, which is potentially deadly to humans.

The Scottish Government was last night playing down fears of a bird flu outbreak in the capital. A spokeswoman said: "There has been no outbreak of avian influenza. The Animal Health Agency is undertaking routine precautionary investigations into a potential notifiable disease at a premises in the Edinburgh area."

A spokesman for Edinburgh City Council said: "We're currently awaiting further information from the Scottish Government.

"Well rehearsed and robust plans are in place should they be required," he said.





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  • Last Updated: 14 March 2008 9:52 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Bird flu
 
1

Miss Jean Brodie,

15/03/2008 08:00:33
How much understanding of Edinburgh West Geography do the Scotsman have ?

Easter Norton Farm is NOT Newbridge it’s at Gogar - Almost exactly Next door to The RBS HQ / Gogar Golf Course - it’s also the proposed site for the New RHSS and on the Entrance road roundabout to Edinburgh Airport. If this farm genuinely has to be Quarentined Edinburgh Airport should also be closed as they share the same entrance road.

Get your facts verified.
2

Egon the blade,

15/03/2008 13:57:35
Aye you tell´em hen, bunch o´turkeys no even capable o´ lookin aifter thair own pigeon.
3

duklaprm,

uphall 15/03/2008 16:32:48
Miss Jean Brodie - there are no signs of the H5n1 strain or confirmation of any infection. on what basis should the airport be closed. why overreact before the facts are known.

4

Egon the blade,

15/03/2008 16:51:07
no:3 In defense of Miss Brodie, she did use an IF clause in her text.Where´s the overreaction?More important, wud ye like tae hae a wee chicken supper wi me?
5

Beth Boyle,

NY 15/03/2008 21:32:19
I think it could be the flu was planted to drive the farm out of business so the airport to expand.
6

Egon the blade,

15/03/2008 22:45:00
Beth- It´s no been established!-Life, flu, chickens- whit are ye haverin aboot?
7

Beth Boyle,

NY 16/03/2008 00:07:22
Last night I found it was a positive on one website while searching last night.
Bird Flu Found Edinburgh Scotland
Friday, March 14, 2008 - FreeMarketNews.com

BIRD flu has been detected at an Edinburgh farm sparking fears of an outbreak in the Capital. Routine tests by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found strains of the virus in some birds at the farm - believed to be Easter Norton Farm, in Newbridge. -Recombinomics It's a science site so it doesn't look good to me Egon.
8

Anti big mac,

ed 17/03/2008 23:18:42
give them some anti-biotics the'll be right as rain in the morning for tesco farm fresh.

 

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