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China’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday that a bird flu outbreak, the country’s fifth since last October, hit a goose farm in southern Hunan province, killing 1,054 birds.
The outbreak in Yuanjiang, a city of more than 700,000 people, was confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus, the ministry said in a statement on its website.
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The local government culled a further 2,067 birds after the outbreak, which the Ministry of Agriculture said had been brought under control.
The case brings China’s total poultry cull since October to more than 175,000 birds as South Korea and other neighbouring countries battle their own major outbreaks.
China has confirmed 106 cases of human H7N9 bird flu infections, and 20 deaths in total in December, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Wednesday.
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Poultry trade has been suspended or restricted in several provinces following human infections.
The Ministry of Agriculture said in December that the recent outbreaks of bird flu had been handled in a “timely and effective” manner without spreading and have not affected chicken products or prices.


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China’s fifth bird flu outbreak hits goose farm in Hunan province

Local officials in Hunan province culled a further 2,067 birds after the latest bird flu outbreak at a goose farm, which killed geese. File photo: Reuters

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Outbreak which killed 1,054 birds in Yuanjiang, a city of more than 700,000 people, confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus


China’s fifth bird flu outbreak hits goose farm in Hunan province

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Outbreak which killed 1,054 birds in Yuanjiang, a city of more than 700,000 people, confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus