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South Korea

30 million poultry culled in 50 days

More than 30 million chickens and ducks have been culled in South Korea in less than 50 days as a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu spread rapidly nationwide, Yonhap news agency reported. As of Tuesday, the number of poultry destroyed for the bird flu infection reached 30.33 million since the first case was discovered at a farm in South Jeolla province on Nov 16. The figure accounted for almost 20 percent of 165.25 million poultry raised in the entire country.