JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, was discovered in a turkey farm in central Israel, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security said in a statement on Sunday.
The virus outbreak was detected in a six-structure coop housing 19,000 turkeys in the village of Kfar Vitkin, near the coastal resort city of Netanya.
