Thousands

Britain battle bird flu outbreak
英国打击禽流感

By MARTIN BENEDYK, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 14, 10:41 PM ET

REDGRAVE, England - British supermarkets reassured customers Wednesday that the latest bird flu outbreak would not lead to a Christmas turkey shortage, as the government ordered the slaughter of thousands more birds.

(英格兰，雷德格雷夫)-随着英国政府再次屠宰成千只家禽，周三英国的超市纷纷向顾客们保证近期禽流感爆发不会导致圣诞节火鸡供应短缺。

Poultry on four new sites were ordered destroyed as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virulent H5N1 strain, after it was discovered Sunday on a farm with about 5,000 turkeys, 1,000 ducks and 500 geese.

周日在一个拥有5000只火鸡、1000只鸭和500只鹅的农场发现了H5N1型禽流感病毒。为了阻止扩散而采取的预防措施将按命令把另外四个地方的家禽销毁。

A total of 24,000 turkeys were being slaughtered on the five sites, all connected to the Gressingham Foods company, according to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The agency said it was investigating whether H5N1 had spread between the sites.

根据英国环境、食品及农村事物部称，有24000只火鸡正被宰杀的这五个地方都和一家名为Gressingham食品公司有联系。该部门还表示目前正对是否H5N1型病毒已在这些地点相互传播展开了调查。