秋田で鳥インフル　今季全国初、１４万羽処分

　秋田県は１０日、横手市の養鶏場で致死率の高い高病原性とみられる鳥インフルエンザの感染を確認したと発表した。感染確認は今季全国初。県は自衛隊に災害派遣を要請し、この養鶏場で飼育されている約１４万３０００羽を殺処分する。
　県によると、９日に横手市の養鶏場で多数の鶏が死んでいると家畜保健衛生所に連絡があった。簡易検査で陽性を確認し、その後の遺伝子検査により高病原性の可能性が高いことが判明した。（2021/11/10-08:03）

The Akita prefectural government said Wednesday that bird flu infections believed to be from a highly pathogenic virus have been confirmed at a chicken farm in the city of Yokote in the northeastern Japan prefecture.
   It is the first time that an avian influenza outbreak has been confirmed in the nation this season. All of some 143,000 chickens at the farm will be culled. The prefecture has requested the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops for help.
   According to the prefectural government, a local livestock hygiene center received a report Tuesday that a number of chickens had died at the farm. After a simple bird flu test showed positive results in some of the dead birds, the prefectural government found through a genetic test that the virus is believed to be highly pathogenic.
   Some 190 birds died at the farm between Monday and Tuesday, and the virus was detected from 12 of them, the prefecture said. The prefectural government banned six farms within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected facility from transferring their chickens and eggs.
   In the wake of the bird flu outbreak, the Japanese government held a meeting of relevant cabinet ministers Wednesday morning, with the participants agreeing to take all possible measures to prevent any further spread of infections.