PARIS — The H5N1 avian influenza virus has struck another poultry farm in Nigeria, government officials said in a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The virus killed 886 of 1,647 chickens and turkeys on a farm in the southwestern province of Oyo, the report said. Plans called for destroying all the birds on the farm to prevent further spread of the infection. The source of the virus was unknown.
Nigeria has had dozens of H5N1 outbreaks since the virus re-emerged there in December 2014 after a several year hiatus, The latest previous outbreak was reported. . .
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