Japan has confirmed its first bird flu case of the season at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture, the government announced Thursday.The avian influenza has killed 14 birds at the farm in Kameoka in the prefecture, the farm ministry said. The country has begun culling about 20,000 chickens there after testing confirmed the virus.“The government is asking poultry farmers to make sure they follow strict hygiene,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said.
First bird flu case of the season confirmed at Kyoto poultry farm
The potential spread of the avian flu could further raise egg prices ahead of high demand at the end of the year.
In brief
Japan has confirmed its first bird flu case of the season at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture, the government announced Thursday.The avian influenza has killed 14 birds at the farm in Kameoka in the prefecture, the farm ministry said. The country has begun culling about 20,000 chickens there after testing confirmed the virus.“The government is asking poultry farmers to make sure they follow strict hygiene,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said.
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