The second outbreak of the bird influenza virus was found by the Japanese “Okayama” province officials in the western city of “Korasiki.”
The high-risk “H5” family of the bird influenza virus was detected on a poultry farm in the city of “Korashiki,” according to the authorities, who were quoted by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) today, Friday, after receiving reports of chicken deaths on Thursday.
The Japanese network indicated that officials began to execute approximately 510,000 chickens on the farm today, adding that officials intend to request individuals from the self -defense forces to help implement the procedure.
The authorities pleaded with the citizens to remain calm, pointing out that no cases of human influenza injuries linked to poultry or eggs had been documented.
In addition, the governorate authorities restricted exports in the area within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm and outlawed the transfer of chicken or eggs within a 3-kilometer radius of the farm.
After the first epidemic arose on a different farm in the city of “Korasiki” in late October, this outbreak is the second that the governorate has seen this season.
While other instances of bird flu were discovered on poultry farms in my provinces of Kagawa and Iberaki as well as the northern Hokkaido province.
It should be noted that the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture said that a total of approximately 1. 9 million birds had been executed this season, including the poultry that was executed in “Korashiki”..
The “second outbreak of bird flu” was found at a poultry farm in the prefecture of “Okayama,” west of Japan.
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