Poland reports bird flu outbreak at poultry farm, says WOAH By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) – Poland has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, or bird flu, at a poultry farm in the west of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

The virus killed 5,854 poultry at a farm in the town of Swiebodzin, with the rest of the 14,730 birds culled, in the first such outbreak since February, WOAH said, citing a report by Polish authorities.