MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - A national watchdog has registered three more Russian villages with bird flu outbreaks, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.
In the Omsk region, a suspected bird flu outbreak has been confirmed, and a mass culling of birds is being considered, the ministry said.
Villages in the Tambov and Kurgan regions have also been registered with bird flu by the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare.
The ministry said that bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed in 55 villages in eight Russian regions.
