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Ministry: Dog found with bird flu

South Korea's agricultural ministry confirmed on Monday that a dog at a duck farm has been infected with avian influenza. The virus was found in one of three dogs at a duck farm in the southeast of the country, where the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of virus was confirmed on Jan 23, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement. There have been no antigens or antibodies found in the two other dogs, reflecting no dog-to-dog transmission of the virus, the ministry said.