Updated Sunday, May 11, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

Japan finds another case of bird flu in dead swan

TOKYO -- Japan has found the H5N1 strain of bird flu in another swan in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the prefectural government of Hokkaido said on its Web site Saturday.

The case was confirmed from a dead swan found five days ago near Lake Saroma in eastern Hokkaido. On the same day, local authorities had said the same strain of bird flu was found in another swan found dead on April 24 in another area of the island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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