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Dutch to cull 48,000 chickens after new outbreak of bird flu in north

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epa08767931 The chickens of poultry farmer Theo Bos have to stay indoors because of bird flu in Barneveld, The Netherlands, 23 October 2020. Commercial poultry farmers must keep their chickens indoors for the time being. The duty applies to farmers who have at least 250 chickens. EPA-EFE/SANDER KONING

Dutch health officials on Tuesday ordered the culling of 48,000 chickens after an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu was discovered on a farm in the northern province of Groningen. 

The measures are the latest taken in the Netherlands, a leading exporter of poultry and eggs, after the H5N8 disease was first found in wild fowl.

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