JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or 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 Monday.
The virus outbreak was detected at a six-structure coop in the Zorah village, about 20 kilometers west of Jerusalem, after 9,800 turkeys, aged 17.5 weeks, died there.
