Thai authorities have uncovered a new bird flu outbreak in the northern city of Chiang Mai at a farm attached to a university, an official at Thailand's Livestock Department said Wednesday.
The university had notified authorities that several chickens, geese, ducks and other birds had fallen ill and died this week, prompting the culling of some 1,000 poultry inside and near the Chiang Mai University campus.
"The test results both in Chiang Mai and at the Regional Veterinarian Research Institute have confirmed they were bird flu on May 24, after all poultry had been culled," the official told AFP.
A mandatory 21-day surveillance period was imposed on the farm, he added. Thailand slaughtered at least 36 million chickens and other poultry and slapped quarantine regulations on affected zones earlier this year.
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