Ningxia reports new bird flu cases
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-05 08:52
A new outbreak of bird flu has killed about 1,000
domestic poultry in a village in the country's northwestern Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Agriculture said in
Beijing Wednesday.
A
national laboratory test confirmed on Tuesday that the dead birds had the H5N1
strain of bird flue virus in the Henan New Village in the regional capital of
Yinchuan.
After the outbreak, 72,930 domestic poultry were slaughtered to
prevent the spread of the virus, according to the ministry's information office.
Currently the outbreak has been effectively controlled, according to the
Ministry.
This is the second case of bird flue outbreak for the week,
following another found in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on
September 27, which killed 985 chickens.
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