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Article: Dead buzzard found in Hong Kong tests positive for bird flu
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- December 21, 2007
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A dead buzzard found on an outlying Hong Kong island tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second such case in two weeks, the government said Friday.
Test results confirmed the diagnosis of the common buzzard found Monday on Lantau island, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in a statement.
The government last week ordered its famed Mai Po bird sanctuary closed for three weeks as a precaution after a dead gray heron found nearby tested positive for bird ...