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Poultry keepers are being urged to stay vigilant after the first avian flu outbreak this winter was confirmed in the UK.
Defra confirmed the H5N6 strain of the disease was detected in 17 wild birds in south Dorset - the same strain that has been circulating in wild birds across Europe in recent months.
According to local reports, mute swans - one Canada goose and one pochard duck - at the popular tourist attraction Abbotsbury Swannery were affected.
A spokesman for the Ilchester Estate, which owns the swanI I said the dead birds had been found...