Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus at a poultry site in the capital Niamey, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday.
Niger's
veterinary services submitted a notification to the OIE on Thursday
after the outbreak was confirmed
at the end of May, the Paris-based OIE
said in a statement.
The outbreak, which led to
the death of 86,000 poultry birds, started in late February, and
followed a previous outbreak last year, the OIE said.
H5N1 bird flu has spread across a number of West African countries in the past two years, hitting poultry farms.
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