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S. Africa culls 8,000 ostriches to control bird flu
Reuters
July 26, 2006

South Africa has culled 8,000 ostriches to contain an outbreak of a less virulent strain of avian flu in West Cape province, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

While the department reiterated that the H5N2 outbreak was under control it said it suspected that ostriches in other areas may have been exposed to the virus. But it stressed that the disease had not been detected elsewhere.

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