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Avian influenza spreads to turkey flock in France

By Ahmed ElAmin, 24-Feb-2006

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In an ominous sign for processors and the public, France has slaughtered turkeys at a farm suspected of being infected with the deadly form of avian influenza, possibly marking the first time the disease has spread to domestic stock in the EU's largest poultry producer.