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Title: Bird flu found in German turkeys
Post by: riky on April 23, 2013, 09:00:25 AM
Bird flu found in German turkeys

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany has reported new cases of a low pathogenic bird flu virus at two turkey farms in the northwestern part of the country, the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) said on Monday. The H5N1 virus, last found in Germany in late March, differs from the H7N9 type which has killed 20 people and infected 105 in China this month, the Paris-based OIE said on its website. German authorities reported to the OIE that 10 infected turkeys were found last week in Badbergen, Lower Saxony, leading to the culling of 7,920 animals. ...

Source: Bird flu found in German turkeys (http://news.yahoo.com/bird-flu-found-german-turkeys-152240309.html)