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Deadly H5N1 bird flu found on Polish turkey farm
01 Dec 2007 11:49:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
WARSAW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found at a turkey farm in Poland, near the city of Plock, northwest of Warsaw, a district crisis management official said on Polish television on Saturday.

Hilary Januszczyk, a Plock crisis management official, said the cases were found at a farm in the village of Brudzen near Plock. He said it was the most dangerous strain of the virus -- H5N1.

(Reporting by Marynia Kruk)


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