Avian flu hits Changhua poultry farm

A poultry farm in Erlin Township, Changhua County in central Taiwan, was confirmed on Thursday as being infected with the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza virus, leading to the culling of 16,989 birds, the county's Animal Disease Control Center said.

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