Iraq has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the city of Samaraa in the center of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.
The virus was found on Jan. 12 at a farm some 130 kilometers (81 miles) north of the capital Baghdad and killed 63,700 birds in the 68,800-strong flock, the OIE said in a report posted on its website, citing the Iraqi ministry of agriculture.
The remaining animals were culled, it said.
