BERLIN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu in a southern German poultry farm has been identified as the "highly pathogenic" strain of the H5N1 virus, a spokeswoman for Bavaria"e;s environment ministry said on Saturday.

All 160,000 birds in the farm in Wachenroth in the Erlangen-Hoechstadt area of Bavaria would be culled, the ministry spokeswoman said. The farm has been sealed off.