Following the detection of the avian influenza virus in chickens at a poultry farm in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture will start slaughtering about 134,000 chickens at this poultry farm from the 7th, and will pass around. We are disinfecting related vehicles.
According to Hiroshima Prefecture, on the 6th, multiple chickens were found dead at a poultry farm in Mihara City, and as a result of the inspection, "H5 type" avian influenza virus was detected.
In response to this, Hiroshima Prefecture began slaughtering approximately 134,000 chickens at this poultry farm from 11:00 am on the 7th.
With the cooperation of the Self-Defense Forces, Hiroshima Prefecture will dispose of chickens with about 860 people, and will consider measures such as burying them in the ground in the future.
In principle, the movement of birds and eggs within a radius of 3 km and the shipment of eggs outside the area within a radius of 10 km are prohibited at the poultry farms where the virus was detected, and there are a total of 13 poultry farms within this range. It means that there is.
Hiroshima Prefecture is disinfecting related vehicles entering and exiting 13 poultry farms at 7 locations around it, and is checking for any abnormalities such as the death of chickens at the poultry farms.