TOKYO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — An outbreak of extremely pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan’s jap prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry stated on Monday, marking the second chicken flu outbreak within the nation this season.
All of some 72,000 egg-laying chickens on the farm in Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture, shall be culled, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries stated in a press launch.
The Kasama farm reported Sunday morning that about 450 chickens have been lifeless, in response to the Ibaraki prefectural authorities.
After a easy virus take a look at confirmed optimistic outcomes, an in depth genetic examination was performed, it added.
This season’s first case was confirmed on a farm in Kashima City of the southern Japanese prefecture of Saga on Saturday.
Japan noticed a document 84 outbreaks of extremely pathogenic chicken flu at farms in 26 of the nation’s 47 prefectures within the final season, with a document 17.71 million birds culled, resulting in an egg scarcity and value will increase.