Avian Influenza H5N6 — South Korea
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs confirmed the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of avian influenza in chickens at 3 poultry farms in Pyeongtaek and Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, and Asan, South Chungcheong Province [on] Sunday [18 Mar 2018].
Authorities culled more than a million chickens from these farms over the weekend — 800 000 chickens in Gyeonggi Province and 450 000 in South Chungcheong Province — within a 3 km [2 mile] radius of where the H5 strain was detected in an
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