Bird flu alarm in the country! Appeared on the farm: 200 thousand chickens will be culled

A bird flu alert was issued in Kyoto, Japan. According to the statement made by the Kyoto Governorate, the highly contagious "H5" variant of bird flu was detected in the tests carried out yesterday after the suspicious death of many chickens on a farm in the city of Kameoka.

200 THOUSAND CHICKENS WILL BE SCULPTED

While the culling of 200 thousand chickens was announced due to the cases recorded as the first bird flu epidemic seen in Japan this year, the area within a 10 kilometer radius of the quarantined farm was declared a limited movement area. It was announced that chicken and egg shipments from farms within a 3-kilometer radius of the facility were suspended as a precaution.

IT WILL TAKE 1 WEEK TO COMPLETE THE EPIDEMIC MEASURES

Kyoto Governor Takatoshi Nishiwaki emphasized that they will take all necessary epidemic measures in his statement on the subject and said, "After the tests were positive, the culling process and the implementation of relevant security measures, including the destruction of materials at risk of infection, began. It will take approximately 1 week for all epidemic measures to be completed. However, it is out of the question for chicken meat or eggs contaminated with bird flu virus to be released to the market. Therefore, we want our citizens not to worry."

JAPAN GOVERNMENT WAS ALARMED

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Arata Takebe also held an emergency meeting with relevant officials after the first bird flu outbreak of the year was confirmed. In his speech here, Takebe ordered the hygiene management on farms to be strictly inspected and said, "I want you to take all possible measures, including early risk notification and comprehensive disinfection, to prevent epidemics and stop the spread of infections."