Bird flu: Free range turkey supplies hit by bird flu

Half of the escaped scope turkeys produced for Christmas successful the UK person been culled oregon died owed to vertebrate flu, a apical manufacture main said connected Tuesday.

Richard Griffiths, main enforcement of the British Poultry Council, said that 600,00 retired of astir 1.3 cardinal escaped scope birds had been lost.

The authorities precocious ordered each poultry and captive birds successful England to beryllium kept indoors to combat avian flu.

Mr Griffiths said costs to the manufacture were "potentially enormous".