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A new case of bird flu was reported Thursday in Thailand.
Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchob said a Thai laboratory test confirmed bird flu in a poultry sample in Chiang Rai province, 420 miles north of Bangkok.
The results were dated Feb. 26.
Thailand had declared itself free of bird flu on Monday. It was not clear if the government would rescind that announcement or postpone plans to resume chicken breeding.
In Japan, meanwhile, Kyodo News service Thursday quoted officials as saying they suspected 126 chickens found dead may have died of heat stroke, not flu.
