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[h=1]Fearing Bird Flu, China Culls 55,000 Chickens[/h]
December 27, 2016 8:55 AM
FILE - Health officers cull poultry at a wholesale market in Hong Kong after a spot check revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, June 7, 2016. China's Xinjiang region has experienced an outbreak of the virus.
BEIJING ? China's Xinjiang region has culled more than 55,000 chickens and other poultry following an outbreak of a highly virulent bird flu that has infected 16,000 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday.
The H5N6 strain of the virus was confirmed in Yining, a city of 500,000 people, and has killed 10,716 birds, the ministry said.
The fourth flu outbreak among poultry since October, it brings the total cull since then to more than 170,000 birds. Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the winter months and sporadic outbreaks are relatively common.
The culling comes amid fears about the spread of avian flu across Asia, with South Korea battling its worst outbreak and Japan and India also killing flocks. South Korea is currently trying to contain the H5N6 strain, which has caused 10 human deaths in China since April 2014.
At least seven people in China have been infected this winter with the H7N9 bird flu strain and two have died...:tiphat:http://www.voanews.com/a/fearing-bird-flu-china-culls-55000-chickens/3652403.html
December 27, 2016 8:55 AM
- Reuters
FILE - Health officers cull poultry at a wholesale market in Hong Kong after a spot check revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, June 7, 2016. China's Xinjiang region has experienced an outbreak of the virus.
BEIJING ? China's Xinjiang region has culled more than 55,000 chickens and other poultry following an outbreak of a highly virulent bird flu that has infected 16,000 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday.
The H5N6 strain of the virus was confirmed in Yining, a city of 500,000 people, and has killed 10,716 birds, the ministry said.
The fourth flu outbreak among poultry since October, it brings the total cull since then to more than 170,000 birds. Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the winter months and sporadic outbreaks are relatively common.
The culling comes amid fears about the spread of avian flu across Asia, with South Korea battling its worst outbreak and Japan and India also killing flocks. South Korea is currently trying to contain the H5N6 strain, which has caused 10 human deaths in China since April 2014.
At least seven people in China have been infected this winter with the H7N9 bird flu strain and two have died...:tiphat:http://www.voanews.com/a/fearing-bird-flu-china-culls-55000-chickens/3652403.html