Highly pathogenic avian influenza strains H5N6
and H5N1 have broken out in mainland China.
The H5N6 strain killed 1,840 birds in Sichuan
province and the H5N1 strain was detected in Hunan province where 17,828
birds were culled.
About 140,000 birds have been culled in the
Czech Republic this week because of avian flu there.
And Germany had an outbreak the news media
reported Jan. 20.
