South Korea has reported eight cases of H5N6 bird flu on farms, prompting the culling of more than 500,000 poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health says.
The outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, were detected between December 5 and December 11, in villages in the western part of the country, the WOAH said in a report posted on its website citing information from South Korean authorities.
The virus killed a total of 47 birds while another 513,810 were culled, the Paris-based WOAH said.
Earlier this month South Korea reported an outbreak of the H5N1 strain which has been spreading around the globe, including in Japan and Cambodia in Asia, but it had not reported any outbreaks of H5N6.