Over 40,000 Birds Culled for H5N1 Avian Flu in Yunlin County
Over 40,000 chickens have been culled after the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian flu was confirmed at poultry farms in Yunlin County.
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00:00Over 40,000 chickens have been culled in southern Taiwan after the discovery of the highly contagious
00:05H5N1 strain of avian flu.
00:09The culling came after cases were confirmed at the two poultry farms in Yunlin County.
00:14There have been 33 cases of avian flu in Taiwan so far this year, 19 of them in Yunlin.
00:20Authorities have urged poultry farmers to monitor their livestock and carry out disinfection.
00:26They say unusually hot and humid weather has been a contributing factor in the outbreaks.