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Brazil Battles Bird Flu: Zoo and Farm Cases Linked?

5/20/2025

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Brazilian authorities are racing against time to determine if a bird flu outbreak at a Rio Grande do Sul zoo is connected to the first case found on a commercial poultry farm in Montenegro. With the H5N1 virus already claiming the lives of 17,000 chickens, genetic sequencing will reveal the truth by Tuesday.

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Brazilian authorities are racing against time to determine if a bird flu outbreak at a Rio Grande do Sul zoo is connected to the first case found on a commercial poultry farm in Montenegro. With the H5N1 virus already claiming the lives of 17,000 chickens, genetic sequencing will reveal the truth by Tuesday.