Slaughter of some 42,000 chickens was ordered by Japan on Monday, after officials confirmed the country's second bird flu outbreak in less than a month. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Miyazaki prefecture in the country's southwest after its owner reported Sunday that several chickens had suddenly died, the local government said. Officials began the slaughter Monday and asked farms within a 10 kilometre (62 miles) radius not ...Monday, 29 December 2014
After Second Bird Flu Outbreak, 42,000 Chickens Culled in Japan
Slaughter of some 42,000 chickens was ordered by Japan on Monday, after officials confirmed the country's second bird flu outbreak in less than a month. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Miyazaki prefecture in the country's southwest after its owner reported Sunday that several chickens had suddenly died, the local government said. Officials began the slaughter Monday and asked farms within a 10 kilometre (62 miles) radius not ...
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