SKorea suspects bird flu case at poultry farm

SEOUL, Nov 23: South Korea's agriculture ministry today said it had discovered a suspected case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the south west of the country.

The ministry will hold a briefing on the matter at 0740 hrs IST, a ministry official said by telephone.

About 400,000 poultry at South Korean farms were infected by bird flu between December 2003 and March 2004.

Reuters