Changhua chicken farm culls 27,960 birds as avian flu strikes

Some 27,960 chickens on a farm in Changhua County were culled after the farm was confirmed to be infected with the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza virus, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) said Saturday.

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