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First Bird Flu Cases In Poultry Hits Nation
BEIJING — China's agriculture ministry said the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of avian flu had been found in a poultry farm in southwestern Sichuan province. This is the first H5N6 avian flu detected from a poultry farm after four cases were found in swans in western China's Xinjiang in January alone. HERE
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