PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (182): Asia (Japan) HPAI, poultry, spread
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (182): ASIA (JAPAN) HPAI, POULTRY, SPREAD
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Date: Sun 3 Dec 2023 13:17 JST
Source: The Japan News [edited]
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20231203-153391/
The prefectural government of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, said
Sunday [3 Dec 2023] that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly
pathogenic avian influenza at a local chicken farm. This marked the
4th bird flu outbreak confirmed at a poultry farm in the nation this
season.
Work to cull some 23 000 egg-laying chickens at the farm in the
Kagoshima city of Izumi started at 7 am Sunday [3 Dec 2023]. A local
livestock hygiene center on Saturday [2 Dec 2023] morning received a
report of an increase in dead chickens from the farm.
A simple virus test was conducted on 13 dead chickens, and 3 of them
tested positive. Infection was confirmed Sunday [3 Dec 2023] in a
detailed genetic examination, according to the prefectural
government.