The agriculture ministry said earlier this week it suspected that a highly virulent strain of bird flu killed 6,000 chickens at a farm in the southwest part of the country that lies on a path for migratory birds.
The results of testing indicated the farm was struck by the H5N1 strain, an agriculture ministry official said.
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