(4)Kyoto poultry farm disinfected after mass deaths

(4)Kyoto poultry farm disinfected after mass deaths

TAMBA, Japan - A Kyoto prefectural government staffer sprays disinfectant at the Asada Nosan Funai Nojo poultry farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, Feb. 28 after the discovery of an outbreak of bird flu there that has killed thousands of chickens.

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