[q url="http://english.people.com.cn/200611/28/eng20061128_326032.html"]The South Korean government said Tuesday that another outbreak of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (AI) was proved on a poultry farm in the Iksan city, 230 km south of Seoul.
The new outbreak of the bird flu is only 3 km away from the previous one, where the government had culled and buried all animals within a 500-m radius of a poultry farm since the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed last Saturday.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said test results showed the newly reported cases was caused by highly pathogenic strain of bird flu virus.
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