PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Cambodia reported an outbreak of extremely pathogenic H5N1 chook flu amongst yard poultry close to the Vietnamese border in what could be the primary outbreak within the nation in practically three years, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) stated on Friday.
The virus killed 198 out of 334 yard poultry birds on farms within the Svay Rieng province within the southeastern a part of the nation, the WOAH stated in a report citing Cambodian authorities.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, generally referred to as chook flu, has unfold across the globe prior to now years, resulting in the culling of tons of of thousands and thousands of poultry.
Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide, modifying by Gus Trompiz
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