China reports highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks
Reports by OIE claim that strains of H5N6 and H7N9 have broken out in separate areas of the county.
The virus killed 23,950 ducks out of a flock of 30,462 ducks, the ministry said. (Representational Image)
Paris: China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu at a duck farm in the Guangxi province.
The report was given by the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, citing a report from the Chinese agriculture ministry.
The virus killed 23,950 ducks out of a flock of 30,462 ducks, the ministry said. The remaining birds were all slaughtered, it said.
In a separate report, China also reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N9 bird flu in a backyard in the Shaanxi province, the OIE said.
The virus killed 810 layers out of a flock of 1,000 birds, it says.
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