Israel - Health officials plan 20,000-turkey cull after bird flu H5N1 found - Discovery at Moshav Zavdiel is third case in recent weeks

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Health officials plan 20,000-turkey cull after bird flu found

Discovery at Moshav Zavdiel is third case in recent weeks

</HGROUP>By Joshua Davidovich
March 30, 2012, 10:38 am

The Agriculture Ministry plans to slaughter 20,000 turkeys from the same coop after avian flu was discovered there.

The coop, on Moshav Zavdiel, near Lachish in the lower Judean plain, is the third farming community discovered in Israel in recent weeks with an avian flu outbreak.

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Re: Israel - Health officials plan 20,000-turkey cull after bird flu H5N1 found - Discovery at Moshav Zavdiel is third case in recent weeks

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