Bird flu surveillance zone lifted
Getty ImagesA protection zone put in place to prevent the spread of bird flu in part of North Yorkshire has been lifted.
The 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone was brought in after the H5N1 virus was found in commercial poultry at a premises near Pickering on 3 March.
Speaking at the time according the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said all poultry birds on the premises would be humanely culled.
On Thursday it said that "following the successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance around the premises near Pickering, Thirsk and Malton" the surveillance zone had been revoked.
Protection zones are routinely declared around the site of an outbreak and require strict biosecurity measures within the zone.
Avian flu spreads through contaminated feed and water, or through birds' droppings and saliva.
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