Approximately 200 chickens were found dead at a poultry farm in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, and as a result of the prefecture conducting genetic tests on the chickens at this poultry farm, an avian influenza virus suspected of being highly pathogenic was detected. I was.

Saitama Prefecture has been killing about 130,000 chickens at this poultry farm since the morning of the 30th.

According to Saitama Prefecture, on the 29th, about 200 chickens were found dead at a poultry farm in Sayama City, and when a simple test was performed on 13 chickens at this poultry farm, a positive reaction for avian influenza was found. It means that



In addition, when the prefecture conducted a genetic test, it detected a highly pathogenic "H5 type" avian influenza virus. of chickens are slaughtered.



In addition, the prefecture has restricted the movement of chickens and eggs to poultry farms within a 3 km radius of this poultry farm, and has taken measures to limit shipments from this area within a 10 km radius.



In Saitama Prefecture, chickens at a poultry farm in Fukaya City and secretarybirds and mute swans at Tobu Zoological Park in Miyashiro Town were confirmed to be infected with bird flu this month.