(3)Oita gov't starts inspections of poultry farms for bird flu

(3)Oita gov't starts inspections of poultry farms for bird flu

KOKONOE, Japan - An Oita prefectural government health official disinfects a shed of a household in the town of Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture, on Feb. 18. Thirteen bantams kept by the household were confirmed to have had the bird flu virus.

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