Poland reports new case of H5N1 bird flu

18/12/2007 -- 7:32 PM

Ha Noi (VNA) - Five chickens have been found infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a private farm in Poland , the state news agency PAP said. Emergency services set up a safety perimeter around the site near the northern city of Olsztyn and special disinfection mats were placed on roads in the region. This is the seventh case of the H5N1 bird flu virus discovered in Poland since the start of December, when the first case was found in central Poland at a turkey farm 80 km northwest of Warsaw . Poland is one of the European Union's biggest poultry producers, exporting 230,000 tonnes of poultry to European markets last year.-Enditem
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