County Culls 60,000 Hens To Halt H5N1 Spread

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Authorities in Changhua County in central Taiwan have culled more than 60,000 egg-laying hens after a farm tested positive on March 18 for a variant of the H5N1 avian influenza. Last year the county was hit with nine such outbreaks, resulting in the culling of around 400,000 birds.

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00:00Tens of thousands of chickens are dead after a mass culling due to an outbreak of avian

00:05flu in southern Taiwan.

00:07Authorities confirmed that chickens at an egg farm in Zhanghua County tested positive for

00:12avian flu.

00:13On Sunday, county officials carried out a culling and disinfection at the farm, killing

00:17over 60,000 hens.

00:19Zhanghua saw nine outbreaks last year, with over 400,000 birds culled to prevent the spread

00:25of the virus.

00:25Zhanghua County is Taiwan's largest egg-producing region, with about 40 percent of the nation's

00:30egg-laying hens.

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