栃木で鳥インフル初確認　７万７０００羽殺処分

　栃木県は１３日、芳賀町の養鶏場で致死率の高い高病原性の鳥インフルエンザが発生したと発表した。同県の養鶏場で確認されたのは初めて。県は飼育する７万７０００羽すべてを殺処分する。
　県によると、１３日午前１０時に芳賀町の養鶏場から死ぬ鶏の数が増加したと連絡があり、簡易検査で陽性を確認した。その後の遺伝子検査の結果、高病原性の感染が確定した。（2021/03/13-22:47）

The prefectural government of Tochigi, eastern Japan, said Saturday that an outbreak of avian influenza believed to be highly pathogenic has been confirmed at a chicken farm in the town of Haga.
   It is the first time that a farm outbreak of such bird flu has been reported in the prefecture this season. Tochigi thus became the 18th Japanese prefecture to confirm such an outbreak.
   All chickens at the farm, totaling 77,000, will be killed. The prefectural government urged farms within a 3-kilometer radius of the affected farm not to move their chickens or eggs.
   The prefectural government received a report of a possible outbreak from the farm on Saturday morning and obtained positive results through simple testing. Subsequent genetic examinations showed that the viruses are likely to be highly pathogenic strains.