Avian influenza virus was detected in chickens at a poultry farm in Tako Town, Chiba Prefecture, and the prefecture plans to start culling about 1.15 million chickens on the afternoon of the 7th.
Including this time, it is an unusual situation in the prefecture that 30% of the hens raised are disposed of.
According to Chiba Prefecture, a poultry farm in Tako Town contacted us on the 6th that "6 chickens are dead", and as a result of genetic testing, "H5 type" avian influenza virus was detected.
The prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting on the morning of the 7th, requested the Self-Defense Forces to dispatch a disaster, and confirmed that it would start culling about 1.15 million chickens at this poultry farm in the afternoon.
In the prefecture, outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed at an unprecedented pace in the past month and a half, and 30% of the hens raised in the prefecture have been slaughtered, including this time, which was the seventh case. It is an unusual situation.
For this reason, there is a shortage of veterinarians to deal with, so the prefecture requested the government to cooperate.
In addition, the prefecture has designated the poultry farm within a radius of 3 km as a "restricted movement area" that prohibits the movement of chickens and eggs, and within a radius of 10 km as a "restricted export area" that prohibits the movement of chickens and eggs from the area. Did.
Governor Morita told reporters, "It is an emergency situation in which 30% of the hens in the prefecture will be slaughtered due to an outbreak on a large-scale farm. I want to. "