SOFIA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu outbreaks have hit 20 percent of egg-laying poultry in Bulgaria within the last 20 days, an official said here on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Deyan Stratev said at a press conference that seven outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been detected in the regions of Veliko Tarnovo, Pazardjik, Haskovo and Dobrich.
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