hk chickens culled in bid to halt bird flu

[2008-12-23 17:04:00]

   Health workers began culling thousands of chickens at a market in Hong Kong Wednesday, a day after authorities raised the bird flu alert level to "serious" following an outbreak at a farm.

The outbreak near the border with the mainland was the region's first in five years and came despite mass vaccination of birds, prompting concerns the virus might have mutated.





Workers collect dead chickens at a farm in Hong Kong's northern Yuen Long district, bordering the mainland, on December 9, 2008.

Source: 中国食品产业网
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