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Bird flu cases revive fear of repeat of major 2015 outbreak

AP Health News - Fetched: March 9th, 2017, 8:00pm UTC

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The detection of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu at a Tennessee chicken farm has poultry farmers stepping up security in an attempt to prevent an outbreak like the one in 2015 that required the destruction of millions of chickens and turkeys in the Midwest. The appearance of milder forms of bird flu at a Wisconsin turkey farm and another Tennessee chicken farm has heightened concern....

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