By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Chook flu has b
By Aaron Sheldrick
TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Chook flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry mentioned on Tuesday, as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the nation’s worst outbreak in additional than 4 years.
Avian influenza was found at a poultry farm in Hyuga metropolis in Miyazaki prefecture in southwestern Japan, the ministry mentioned on its web site. There isn’t any chance that people will contract chook flu from consuming poultry or eggs, the ministry mentioned.
Japan’s worst outbreak since at the very least 2016 began final month in Kagawa prefecture on Shikoku island, which is adjoining to Kyushu island the place Miyazaki is positioned.
The 40,000 chickens on the Miyazaki farm can be slaughtered and buried, whereas exports in a three km (1.eight mile) radius across the farm can be restricted.
The brand new motion means greater than 1.eight million chickens may have been culled because the newest outbreak started.
Japan’s final outbreak of chook flu was in January 2018, additionally in Kagawa prefecture, when 91,000 chickens have been culled.
The final massive outbreak was between November 2016 and March 2017, when a complete of 1.67 million chickens have been culled because of the H5N6 pressure of chook flu.
Chook flu is being reported world wide with South Korea on Tuesday confirming one other case in an outbreak that has led to the culling of round 400,000 chickens and geese.
In Europe, the poultry trade is on alert as a extremely contagious and lethal type of chook flu is spreading quickly on the continent.
MAP: Prefectures reporting chook flu outbreakshttps://tmsnrt.rs/2VlCRLK
(Reporting by Aaron Sheldrick; Enhancing by Lincoln Feast and Kenneth Maxwell)
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