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Too soon to know if this is significant at all. The vet who was called to the Suffolk turkey farm where 2500 poults died of the H5N1 virus has checked himself into the hospital after reportedly stating the he felt `unwell'.
This report from SKYNEWS
Updated: 19:09, Tuesday February 06, 2007
A vet who attended the latest bird flu outbreak is being monitored in hospital, according to reports.
The Ministry of Agriclture vet is undergoing "preliminary and precautionary" tests including blood tests in a Nottingham hospital.
The vet, who has not been named, was called to the Bernard Matthew farm at Holton in Suffolk to investigate the outbreak.
Government vets have completed disinfecting an East Anglia farm where bird flu had broken out.
All 160,000 poultry at the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk that could have been contaminated by the H5N1 virus have been gassed.
The infected farm lies in a part of Suffolk where there are a large number of small-scale and commercial farms.
