Chiba Prefecture announced this winter that culling has been completed at 11 poultry farms and farms where the bird flu virus has been detected so far.
More than 4.5 million chickens have been slaughtered, which is about 36% of the chickens raised in the prefecture for egg collection.
In Chiba Prefecture, from December last year to 14th this month, highly pathogenic "H5N8" avian influenza virus was found in 11 chicken farms for egg collection and 2 duck farms in total. It was detected one after another.
The prefecture and the Self-Defense Forces have been slaughtered at poultry farms and farms 24 hours a day, but at 3:00 pm on the 22nd, the last of 11 poultry farms in Tako Town was slaughtered. is.
So far this winter, more than 4.54 million chickens for egg collection and 13,500 ducks have been slaughtered, totaling about 4.56 million chickens, and the whole of Chiba prefecture for egg collection. About 36% of the chickens have been slaughtered.
A total of 50 farms in 17 prefectures nationwide have outbreaks of bird flu, and 9.75 million birds are slaughtered, of which 46% are slaughtered in Chiba prefecture.
In the future, Chiba Prefecture plans to take epidemic prevention measures such as burying and incinerating slaughtered chickens.