04.04.2008

South Korea

South Korea has started culling over 300,000 chickens and other poultry after confirming an outbreak of highly virulent H5N1 avian influenza at a farm in the southwest -- its first case in 13 months.
The case was confirmed at the farm (egg production farm - 150,000 chickens) in Gimje, about 215 km (135 miles) south of Seoul.