At the poultry farm in Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, where the bird flu broke out, the culling of approximately 38,000 chickens was completed by the morning of the 14th.
On the 13th, a bird flu virus of "H5 type" was detected in dead chickens at a poultry farm in Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and the prefecture slaughtered about 38,000 chickens raised in this poultry farm. I was proceeding.
According to the prefecture, the disposal was completed at 11:00 am on the 14th, and the disinfection inside the poultry house is currently being continued.
The prefecture has conducted interviews at 119 farms within a 10km radius of the poultry farm, but has not reported any new suspected infections so far.
Regarding the infection route this time, a national expert team is conducting a field survey, and Kagoshima Prefecture will wait for the survey results and use it as a reference for future epidemic prevention measures.