| ■ Turkey Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak | 07.02.13 |
| Bird flu has reappeared in Turkey, and officials are conducting tests to determine if it's the dangerous H5N1 strain, Agence France Presse reported. The Agriculture Ministry said a 10-kilometer radius quarantine zone has been established around the village of Bogazkoy, where 170 chickens died. The government learned about the deaths on Monday. It's believed the virus was brought into the area by migratory birds. About 900 chickens, turkeys and ducks in Bogazkoy will be slaughtered, AFP reported. The last recorded bird flu case in Turkey was March 31, 2006. That marked the end of a major H5N1 outbreak that claimed the lives of four children in the eastern region of the country. More than 2.5 million birds were slaughtered in order to control the outbreak. |