(1)Bird flu scare in Japan

(1)Bird flu scare in Japan

TAMBA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force, clad in protective suits, head for Asada Nosan Co.'s Funai poultry farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 5 to help in disinfection operations there. The farm had more than 200,000 birds. Many of them died and the rest are being culled.

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