http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30076909
17 November 2014 Last updated at 11:39 ET 
All 150,000 hens at the farm in Hekendorp are to be killed
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The European Commission is discussing protective measures to contain a “highly contagious” strain of bird flu discovered at a poultry farm in the Netherlands.
The measures will include killing all contaminated animals and the cleaning of their holding areas.
The Dutch government said the strain, H5N8, could potentially affect humans.
EU officials say the outbreak may be linked to bird flu recently found in Germany and the UK.
They say it could have been spread by migratory wild birds heading south for winter, but that tests were continuing to confirm any links between the three cases.
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