Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Bird flu found on farm in western Japan

By JAY ALABASTER
Associated Press
2010-11-30 01:33 PM

Bird flu was detected on a chicken farm in western Japan and all 23,300 animals were to be slaughtered Tuesday, an official said.

Five dead birds were discovered on the farm in Yasugi in Shimane prefecture, near Japan's western coast, and they later tested positive for the H5 avian flu, said agriculture official Yuji Kawakami.

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