TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A pathogenic avian influenza H5N2 subtype outbreak at a poultry farm in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County was reported on Saturday (Jan. 29), resulting in the culling of 22,000 chickens.
The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said in a press release on Saturday that the farm voluntarily reported the H5N2 subtype, highly pathogenic avian influenza, CNA reported. According to standard operating procedures, Yunlin's Animal Disease Control Center carried out culling operations and supervised the farm as it completed the cleaning and disinfection of the site.
The Bureau said that according to statistics from this year so far, there have been 14 confirmed bird flu and culling cases in poultry farms across the country, including 12 chicken and two geese farms, per CNA.