Poultry farmers watch for avian flu

Thursday, January 10, 2002

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A strain of avian influenza that contaminated chickens in east-central Pennsylvania and caused agriculture officials to order the gassing of 135,000 birds appears to have been contained, but poultry farmers say it's too early to let their guard down.

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