Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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