TOKYO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Nearly 15 million birds have been culled in Japan, a document excessive for a single season, amid an unprecedented unfold of fowl flu throughout the nation, the farm ministry mentioned Thursday.
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries mentioned the variety of culled birds now stands at 14.78 million, about 50 % greater than the document 9.87 million logged throughout the 2020-2021 season.
The determine hiked because the illness hit giant rooster farms, together with one in Misawa City, Aomori Prefecture, the place about 1.39 million birds had been culled in December.
Ministry information confirmed that 76 fowl flu outbreaks have been confirmed at poultry farms and elsewhere in 25 prefectures because the first circumstances had been reported in October final yr in Okayama Prefecture and Hokkaido.
The ministry warned that dangers are growing all through the nation, noting that this season the avian flu is spreading in six prefectures that had by no means seen outbreaks earlier than, reminiscent of Yamagata and Okinawa.
Japan’s fowl flu season often runs from autumn and winter to spring subsequent yr.