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Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans

Brazil boosts bird flu defense to protect world's top chicken industry, in Campinas

An employee dilutes poultry serum samples to test for the detection of antibodies to the avian influenza virus at the World Organization for Animal Health in Campinas, Brazil, on April 25.

SAO PAULO � Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a countrywide trade ban from China and statewide restrictions for other major consumers.

The outbreak in southern Brazil was identified at a farm supplying Vibra Foods, a Brazilian operation backed by Tyson Foods, according to two people familiar with the matter.





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