Tel Aviv, Jan. 2 -- Bird flu - H5N1 avian influenza - was discovered in two additional locations in the Sharon region. The veterinary services at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have defined a quarantine zone of up to 10 km from the infected chicken coops.

The first case was discovered in a fattening turkey coop in Moshav Kfar Vitkin, which houses approximately 12,800 12-week-old turkeys in six buildings.

In the second case, the disease was discovered in a training coop for breeding turkeys in Kibbutz Ma'in Zvi, which houses approximately 7,600 15.4-week-old turkeys in two buildings. As a reminder, two additional cases were diagnosed in the same localities last week.

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