Bird flu virus detected at poultry farm 3rd case of this month in Kagawa 9:22 on November 11th
On the 10th, a chicken was found dead at a poultry farm in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, and avian influenza virus, which seems to be highly pathogenic, was detected.
This is the third case of bird flu virus detected in a poultry farm in the prefecture this month, and the prefecture has decided to dispose of about 11,000 chickens in this poultry farm.
According to Kagawa Prefecture, on the 10th, a poultry farm in Mitoyo City reported that "16 chickens are dead", and a detailed examination at the prefecture's Livestock Hygiene Service Center revealed that the "H5 type" was highly pathogenic. It means that the avian influenza virus was detected.
The poultry farm is more than a kilometer away from the poultry farm where the virus was detected on the 5th of this month, and the prefecture plans to dispose of about 11,000 chickens raised in this poultry farm.
In addition, the movement of chickens and eggs from 31 poultry farms within a radius of 3 km from this poultry farm is prohibited, and the shipment from 75 poultry farms within a radius of 10 km is prohibited, and measures to prevent spread are taken. I'm going to take it.
Kagawa Prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting from 6:30 am, and Governor Hamada said, "It is an unprecedented and extremely severe situation with a series of bird flu outbreaks in a short period of time."
This is the third case of avian influenza virus being detected at a poultry farm in Kagawa prefecture earlier this month.