Another confirmed avian flu outbreak in Japan

Tokyo, 8 Nov. (Jiji Press) – A case of avian flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Kagawa prefecture in western Japan, the prefectural government said on Sunday, marking the country’s second avian flu outbreak this year.

The virus is believed to be a highly pathogenic strain.

About 48,000 chickens raised on the farm in the city of Higashikagawa will be killed. The farm has already stopped moving the chickens and eggs.

At a separate poultry farm in Mitoyo’s Kagawa town, a case of bird flu was confirmed Thursday, the country’s first in nearly three years.

About 330,000 chickens from the Mitoyo farm were culled.

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