More than 4,000 ducks were culled in Bulgaria over the past few days after bird flu was found on three farms, the Bulgarian food safety agency said on Monday. “They were killed after a virulent bird flu was discovered,” Martin Radev, the agency spokesman said. “Most probably, it is H5N8 but I am still not able to confirm this because the laboratory tests are still under way.” A series of European countries and Israel have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in the past few weeks and some ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors to prevent the disease spreading.
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Ducks culled in Bulgaria after bird flu found on three farms