The highly contagious H5N1 virus was confirmed at a premises near Faringdon on Tuesday.
An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in Oxfordshire the government has said.
The H5N1 virus, which is highly contagious, was found in the birds at a premises near Faringdon, Vale of White Horse on Tuesday.All fowl at the site "will be humanely culled" the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said.It comes as Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex,
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