Avian Influenza H5N8 — Worldwide/Unknown
So far, since the last 2 weeks of December 2016 there have been 10 official cases involving 29 birds testing positive. At the end of December [2016] there were cases in Carmarthenshire, Leicestershire and Somerset involving one wigeon each. A wigeon is a type of dabbling duck. The Leicestershire and Somerset cases were the 1st involving wild birds in England.
Wild birds can carry the disease around the country and infect others. A total of 5 wigeons were found to have died of bird flu in
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