Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Iran
Major egg producing Iranian provinces, namely Qazvin, Tehran, Alborz and East Azarbaijan, are dealing with an outbreak of avian flu, which has led to the culling of 16 million chicken and a rise in egg prices, the chairman of the board of directors at Tehran's Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Chicken said.
Nasser Nabipour added that the outbreak has caused losses worth over 20 trillion rials (USD 477.44 million) to production units.
Mohsen Bahrami Arz Aqdas, an official with the Ministry
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