Hong Kong culls 19,000 birds amid avian flu alert

Hong Kong culls 19,000 birds amid avian flu alert
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 31, 2014 - Hong Kong culled thousands of chickens Wednesday after the potentially deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in poultry imported from China, days after a woman was admitted to hospital with the disease. Authorities found the virus in samples taken from 120 chickens imported from the nearby Chinese city of Huizhou and slaughtered nearly 19,000 birds, including 11,800 chickens. "The ra ... more

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