China: Bird flu hits south China city in Guangdong province
submited by kickingbird at Sep, 18, 2012 19:41 PM from Xinhua News Agency
The virus has infected 14,050 ducks and killed 6,300 of them since Sept. 11, when symptoms were first reported, a Ministry of Agriculture official said.
After the epidemic was confirmed, local authorities cordoned off an infected area in the city and killed all poultry in the area before starting to decontaminate it, the official said.
China is particularly prone to bird flu epidemics, as it has the world´s largest poultry population and many rural farmers live in close proximity to their poultry.
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