Bird flu virus detected at poultry farm in Higashikagawa, Kagawa November 8 9:58
A dead chicken was found at a poultry farm in Higashikagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, and it was found that the highly pathogenic "H5 type" avian influenza virus was detected.
Kagawa Prefecture plans to dispose of approximately 48,000 chickens at this poultry farm.
According to Kagawa Prefecture, on the afternoon of the 7th, a poultry farm in Higashikagawa City contacted me that "more than 10 chickens are dead."
When the prefecture conducted a simple test, a positive reaction for the bird flu virus was found, and as a result of detailed examination at a national research facility in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, a highly lethal "H5 type" bird flu that seems to be highly pathogenic. It means that the virus has been detected.
The prefecture plans to dispose of approximately 48,000 chickens raised in this poultry farm.
In addition, the prefecture designates a poultry farm within a radius of 3 km as a "restricted movement area" that prohibits the movement of chickens and eggs, and a radius of 10 km or less as a "restricted export area" that prohibits shipping from that area. I have decided.
In Kagawa Prefecture, a highly pathogenic "H5N8 type" avian influenza virus was detected at a poultry farm in Mitoyo City on the 5th of this month, and about 330,000 chickens are being disposed of.
The poultry farm where the virus was detected this time is about 50 kilometers east of the poultry farm in Mitoyo City, and the prefecture is planning to investigate the infection route together with the national government.