TOGO: 17,000 poultry killed in latest flu outbreak (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Some 17,000 birds died or have been culled since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on 9 September on three poultry farms in Agbata, located 10km east of Lome, according to the country's livestock director, Komla Batawui. [News Source]