Chiba - An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, the prefectural government said Friday.It is the second bird flu case at a Japanese poultry farm this season.The prefecture will cull about 40,000 egg-laying chickens at the farm and prohibit the transportation of 5.62 million chickens at 49 farms within a 10-kilometer radius from the Asahi farm.
Japan’s second bird flu case this season confirmed in Chiba
The prefecture will cull about 40,000 egg-laying chickens at a farm in Asahi.
In brief
Chiba - An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, the prefectural government said Friday.It is the second bird flu case at a Japanese poultry farm this season.The prefecture will cull about 40,000 egg-laying chickens at the farm and prohibit the transportation of 5.62 million chickens at 49 farms within a 10-kilometer radius from the Asahi farm.
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