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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Io Dodds

Wisconsin will kill off 2.7 million chickens to stop spread of lethal bird flu outbreak

AP/Vincent Yu

An entire flock of 2.75 million egg-laying chickens in the US state of Wisconsin will be killed to prevent the spread of a lethal form of bird flu, officials said on Monday.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it had found a concerning strain of avian flu at a commercial chicken farm in the Midwest state, about 50 miles west of Milwaukee.

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