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Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus
The disease which killed the turkeys was the deadly H5N1 strain
The European Commission says tests have confirmed that the avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm is the H5N1 virus.
That virus can be fatal if it is passed on to humans.
According to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, there were 160,000 other turkeys on the farm, and they will be slaughtered.
Vets were called to the Bernard Matthews farm in Holton late on Thursday night.
A three-kilometre protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone will now be be set up.
A Defra spokeswoman has said the risk of the disease spreading to humans was low and there was no need for panic.
Bart Dalla Mura, Bernard Matthews commercial director, has said the birds had not been imported and were raised in a shed.
The disease which killed the turkeys was the deadly H5N1 strain
The European Commission says tests have confirmed that the avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm is the H5N1 virus.
That virus can be fatal if it is passed on to humans.
According to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, there were 160,000 other turkeys on the farm, and they will be slaughtered.
Vets were called to the Bernard Matthews farm in Holton late on Thursday night.
A three-kilometre protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone will now be be set up.
A Defra spokeswoman has said the risk of the disease spreading to humans was low and there was no need for panic.
Bart Dalla Mura, Bernard Matthews commercial director, has said the birds had not been imported and were raised in a shed.