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Tevet 25, 5768 / January 3, '08 
 
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Bird Flu Discovered in Binyamina

(IsraelNN.com) Investigators believe they have found preliminary signs of the H5 strain of bird flu in dead chickens at a kindergarten petting zoo in the northern town of Binyamina, according to the Agriculture Ministry. All the fowl are being culled from the kindergarten's cage, and investigators are conducting checks within a 10-kilometer radius of the discovery site.

The birds which contracted the virus in Binyamina have been put to sleep.


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