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Israel Reports Bird Flu in Jezreel Valley Turkey Flock, Second Case This Season
Israel's Agriculture and Food Security Ministry reported H5N1 in fattening turkeys at a commercial coop in Moshav Nahalal in northern Israel. The flock size was 8,000 turkeys. Authorities established a 10-kilometre quarantine zone around the site. They also called on owners of ornamental birds, backyard poultry, and free-range flocks to keep birds indoors to limit contact with wild birds. Officials described the detection as the season's second outbreak. The first was reported in early January at a duck breeding facility in Sde Yaakov, about five kilometres from Nahalal. Why does this area keep seeing cases? Nahalal has faced bird flu
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