Bird flu outbreak reported at Bulgarian farm


SOFIA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) reported on Thursday an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu at an industrial farm.

The virus was detected on a farm with 86,000 laying hens near the village of Tsalapitsa, some 130 km southeast of the capital Sofia, the agency said in a statement.

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