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Avian Influenza H5N1 confirmed in Dorset - update

PUBLISHED: 17:12 16 January 2008 | UPDATED: 08:19 28 March 2014

January 16: Defra has today confirmed that another mute swan collected on 11 January as part of wild bird surveillance from the same area has tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza.

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