Official: Bird flu killed 495,000 poultry in Russia

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 6:33 AM EST

Article Source: The Houston Chronicle

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The dangerous strain of bird flu known as H5N1 has killed nearly half a million domestic fowl in southern Russia in the past month despite efforts to control the outbreak by culling poultry, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday.

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