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Millions of hens euthanized in midwest bird flu outbreak
Date:
April 22, 2015
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The federal government is working on a vaccine to fight an outbreak of H5N2 bird flu in six states. The outbreak is being described as the country's largest in 30 years. Jillian Kitchener reports. Video provided by Reuters
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