Bird Flu Kills Poultry in Three Areas of Taiwan
TAIWAN - Three new outbreaks of H5N8 strain highly pathogenic avian influenza have been found in Taiwan.
25 July 2016
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By: The three outbreaks were detected in chickens in an abattoir in Taipei City and in Kaohsiung City, and geese on a farm in Tainan City.
Nearly 3000 birds died or were destroyed in total as a result of the outbreak.
Intensified surveillance zones have been put in place around the infected farm, and the abattoir cases have been traced back to the farms of origin.
