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Croatia has reported the emergence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus at a poultry farm on its territory, Reuters reported, citing the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).

The infection affected five birds on a farm with 19500,<> birds in the Brodko-Posav region near the Bosnian border, the organisation said in a report, citing Croatian authorities.

Highly pathogenic bird flu has spread around the world in recent years and led to the killing of hundreds of millions of birds.

Bird flu first detected off the coast of Antarctica

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