A total of 470,000 hens were culled after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed at a laying chicken farm in southwestern Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture on Monday. Figures from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries show the number of birds culled this season has far exceeded that of the previous one. And that’s not the end of the story. If the dead birds aren’t rendering treatment, there could be another pandemic.
The farms are located in the city of Shui in Kagoshima Prefecture, which has reported three cases of bird flu this month. About 198,000 chickens were culled in the first two confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain. This flu has caused more bird deaths and is more harmful and should be taken seriously. The poultry culled this time will be harmless treatment, eliminate the fourth influenza virus.
The first outbreak of the current bird flu season, which usually runs from autumn to winter to spring, occurred in Japan in late October, when two chicken farms in the western Okayama prefecture and northern Hokkaido confirmed the highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. Bird flu outbreaks have been reported in several prefectures in Japan. Two flu outbreaks in Japan have taken a toll on poultry farmers and raised the price of chickens and eggs across the country.
Japan has culled 2.75 million birds in 14 cases since the first bird flu outbreak of the current season was reported in late October, surpassing the 1.89 million killed in the last bird flu season from November 2021 to May this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Tuesday.
Post time: Dec-01-2022
