China News Agency, Tokyo, December 30th (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan announced on the 30th that highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks had occurred in two chicken farms in Hiroshima and Saitama prefectures, and the two counties will cull them in total. About 420,000 chickens.
The Saitama County Government stated on the 30th that a chicken farm in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture had detected the H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the local area had begun to cull about 130,000 chickens raised by the chicken farm.
The Hiroshima prefectural government stated on the 30th that a chicken farm in Sera Town in the county had detected the H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the local area had begun to cull about 290,000 chickens raised by the chicken farm.
According to Hiroshima TV, this is the fourth bird flu outbreak in Sera Town in this bird flu epidemic season (usually from the autumn and winter of the current year to the spring of the following year).
According to a report by NHK TV, since the first round of bird flu outbreaks this season was reported in October, as of the 28th local time, nearly 7.3 million birds have been culled in Japan.
Experts believe that before next spring, the risk of bird flu in Japan will remain extremely high.
According to reports, the outbreak of bird flu in this season is earlier than in the past.
If the infection rate continues to rise, the number of poultry culled in Japan during this epidemic season may be the largest in history.
It is reported that the Japanese government has banned the transfer of poultry and eggs within a radius of 3 kilometers from the outbreak site, and prohibited the transportation of poultry and eggs to the outside world within a radius of 3 to 10 kilometers from the outbreak site.
According to reports, the avian flu epidemic has superimposed feed price increases, leading to a rise in egg prices in Japan.
The average wholesale price of medium-sized eggs in the Tokyo area in December was 284 yen per kilogram, up 74 yen year-on-year and the highest price since 1993.
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