As reported by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, disease outbreak occurred on a farm in Kameoka City. Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the dangerous strain in the birds after a report of increased flock mortality.
To prevent further spread of the infection, regional services have begun the complete culling and disposal of all birds at the infected site — about 200 thousand chickens are to be slaughtered. In addition, sanitary cordons have been set up around the farm: within a three-kilometer radius, any movement of birds and eggs is prohibited, and in the ten-kilometer buffer zone, their removal beyond the quarantine perimeter has been banned. Round-the-clock vehicle disinfection checkpoints have been set up on roads leading to the outbreak site.
Earlier, Veterinariya i Zhizn reported on the first H5 flu case in the season in a wild bird in Japan.
