SOUTH KOREA RECOGNIZES FIRST OF ITS KIND AVIAN FLU IN DOMESTIC POULTRY

• The government acknowledged the first case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza among home-grown poultry at a duck farm in a south-western province, Saturday.
• The agriculture authorities said the virus was observed  in ducks at a farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, in a pre-shipment test conducted Thursday

All previous cases reported so far this year were to do with wild birds. This i....