Italy reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in Venice region: OIE

PARIS (Reuters) – Italy has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a turkey farm in the northeastern part of the country near Venice, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The strain, which has never been detected in humans, is the same as in other cases found in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain since early November and which devastated bird flocks in Asia – mainly South Korea – earlier this year. …
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