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More than 1,000 geese culled at Taiwan farm over bird flu fears

Posted On: Jul. 6, 2016 12:00 AM CST

Officials said that more than 1,000 geese at a farm in Taiwan's Xinhua District were destroyed after a new strain of the H5 avian flu virus was detected among the birds, reported Focus Taiwan News Channel.

The officials said that the farm owner reported several abnormal deaths of geese on July 1.

Sample testing later confirmed that a new strain of the virus had spread at the farm.

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