Fowl typhoid in Fermanagh

The UK’s first case since 1968 of fowl typhoid has struck in Co Fermanagh, a few miles north of the border.

The outbreak of salmonella gallinarum was found in a table-egg laying flock at Donagh Cross, near Lisnaskea, on two farms less than a mile apart.

Both flocks have been depopulated, requiring destruction of 112,000 poultry.