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    Media: Bird flu outbreak in western Japan, 110,000 chickens to be culled

    • Last Update: 2022-12-29
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), an outbreak of bird flu in Tottori Prefecture in western Honshu, Japan, will kill about 110,000 chickens
    .
     
    On November 30, staff at a poultry farm in Tottori City found about 40 dead chickens with a suspected outbreak of avian influenza, and genetic testing confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza strains
    .
    Chicken and egg shipments within 3 km of the source of infection were quarantined and chicken and egg
    shipments beyond 10 km were prohibited.
     
    Since autumn, outbreaks of avian influenza
    have occurred in Okayama, Koyama, Miyagi, Aomori, Kagoshima, Wakayama and Hokkaido prefectures.
    Since the first outbreak of bird flu in Japan, 2.
    9 million chickens have been culled
    .
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