Avian influenza virus detected in paddy fields flying from cranes Kagoshima Izumi November 13, 21:26
Avian influenza virus was detected at a poultry farm in Kagawa prefecture, and while caution was increasing in Kagoshima prefecture, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was detected in the water of paddy fields where vines in Izumi city rest their wings on the 13th, and the prefecture is raising chickens. We are calling for caution from vendors.
According to Kagoshima Prefecture, the H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is collected from water collected in a paddy field where flying cranes called "crane roosts" rest their wings on the 9th of this month in the Arasaki district of Izumi City. Is detected.
In response to this, an urgent countermeasures meeting was held at the prefectural office on the 13th.
Among them, it has been reported that no situation has been confirmed so far, such as mass death of wild birds or a rapid increase in debilitated birds, and poultry farms within a radius of 3 km from the place where the virus was confirmed. A policy was announced to take measures such as distributing lime for disinfection.
It also means strengthening wild bird surveillance within a 10km radius.
According to the prefecture, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has not been confirmed in the prefecture since 2016, four years ago.
Toyoshige Imato, the livestock epidemic prevention measure supervisor of the Prefectural Livestock Division, called for caution, saying, "We found that the virus has invaded the prefecture, so we want poultry farmers to take thorough measures."