This is the first known case of H5N1 in the Gulf Arab region but officials could not say whether the bird had the highly pathogenic strain of the virus which has killed more than 60 people in Asia.
Kuwait had said on Thursday the two birds had the H5N2 strain of avian flu that is dangerous to birds but less virulent than H5N1.
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