Taiwan reports first domestic H9N2 avian influenza case

Taipei, March 17 (CNA) The first domestic case of H9N2 avian influenza in Taiwan was found at a chicken farm in the outlying county of Kinmen on Thursday, leading to the culling of 4,551 chickens to prevent the spread of the disease, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said Friday.

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