A "highly pathogenic" strain of the H5N1 bird flu has been reported in China's Hunan province, Chinese officials said, according to a Saturday report from Reuters.
The outbreak was reported on a farm in the city of Shaoyang in the Hunan province, according to China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Of the 7,850 chickens on the farm where the outbreak occurred, 4,500 died of the H5N1 avian flu, Reuters reported.
The Chinese government said it culled 17,828 chickens as a result of the H5N1 outbreak, per Reuters.
Per the United States Geological Survey, the bird flu is deemed "high pathogenic" based on its ability to kill birds.
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5 comments:
Are they trying to kill all of us of all of them self's with all of the of this crap ?
Us!
Can we please disinfect that country with radiation soon
Google diseases from China and look at all the diseases that come from China every year on the WHO website... it has to be a biological attack
NUKE EM
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