AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Monday belied reports that a duck farm in Butuan City was infected by avian influenza or bird flu.

In a post on his Facebook account, Piñol said that poor farm management and overcrowding caused the death of about 20 ducks in a farm there.

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