Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/22
By: Chang Hsiung-feng and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 22 (CNA) Some 27,960 chickens on a farm in Changhua County were culled after the farm was confirmed to be infected with the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza virus, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) said Saturday.

Samples taken earlier in the week from the free-range poultry farm in Fangyuan Township were confirmed to be infected with the avian flu virus subtype, the bureau said in a statement.
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