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    New bird flu outbreak in Japan

    • Last Update: 2021-12-02
    • Source: Internet
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    Russian Satellite News Agency, Tokyo, November 13, According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, a new outbreak of bird flu has occurred in Japan
    .
     
    Several dead chickens were found in Kagoshima Prefecture
    .
    Genetic analysis revealed the existence of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza
    .

     
    The chicken farms involved in the epidemic will culling 385,000 poultry
    .
    The chicken and egg transportation quarantine has been implemented within 3 kilometers of the farm where the source of the disease was discovered, and it is forbidden to transport chickens and eggs out of 10 kilometers
    .
    A total of 143,000 chickens will be culled
    .
     
    This is the second avian flu outbreak in Japan in this epidemic prevention season
    .
    The first occurred this week in Akita Prefecture in the north of the country
    .

     
    During the last epidemic prevention season from autumn 2020 to spring 2021, Japan encountered the largest bird flu in the country's history
    .
    The epidemic has affected more than one-third of the prefectures and counties in the country, and approximately 10 million chickens from more than 50 chicken farms have been culled
    .


    Avian flu epidemic
     
    Several dead chickens were found in Kagoshima Prefecture
    .
    Genetic analysis revealed the existence of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza
    .

     
    The chicken farms involved in the epidemic will culling 385,000 poultry
    .
    The chicken and egg transportation quarantine has been implemented within 3 kilometers of the farm where the source of the disease was discovered, and it is forbidden to transport chickens and eggs out of 10 kilometers
    .
    A total of 143,000 chickens will be culled
    .
     
    This is the second avian flu outbreak in Japan in this epidemic prevention season
    .
    The first occurred this week in Akita Prefecture in the north of the country
    .

     
    During the last epidemic prevention season from autumn 2020 to spring 2021, Japan encountered the largest bird flu in the country's history
    .
    The epidemic has affected more than one-third of the prefectures and counties in the country, and approximately 10 million chickens from more than 50 chicken farms have been culled
    .

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