Taichung confirms bird flu outbreak at egg farmBy Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNAAn outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed at an egg farm in Taichung, Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said today. A farmer inspects chickens at a farm in Kaohsiung on Feb. 26, 2023. Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei TimesThe virus has already killed 1,700 of the 7,000 hens at the farm in Fengyuan District (豐原), it said. It then sent personnel to the facility yesterday to collect samples to test for bird flu and disinfect a 3km radius around the farm. Taichung also reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a hog farm in Wuci District (梧棲) in October last year.
