Israel detects 10th outbreak of bird flu in 7 weeks

JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a breeding chicken farm in southern Israel, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday.

This is the 10th poultry farm where bird flu has been detected in Israel within seven weeks, with the first outbreak detected on Nov. 22 at a farm in the northeast of the country.