Highly contagious bird flu strain detected at Niigata poultry farm

Highly contagious bird flu strain detected at Niigata poultry farm

Photo taken Nov. 29, 2016, from a Kyodo News airplane shows a farm in the village of Sekikawa in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata, where tests have confirmed the presence of a highly contagious avian flu strain. The local government began culling the approximately 310,000 chickens at the farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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