今季初、鳥インフルの疑い　岡山・倉敷、１７万羽殺処分へ

　岡山県は２７日、倉敷市の養鶏場で致死率の高い高病原性鳥インフルエンザの疑いがある事例が発生したと発表した。遺伝子検査で陽性が確認されれば国内の農場では今シーズン初めてで、県は飼育する約１７万羽をすべて殺処分する。半径１０キロ圏内の養鶏場にも鶏や卵の搬出を制限する。
　農林水産省によると、これまで国内農場で１０月中に鳥インフルエンザが発生したことはなく、最も早かったのは２０２０年の１１月５日だった。ここ数年、欧州やアジアなどで流行が続いており、同省は養鶏農家などにまん延防止対策を呼び掛けている。（2022/10/27-18:43）

A highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak is suspected at a chicken farm in the city of Kurashiki in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama, the prefectural government said Thursday.
   The bird flu outbreak, if confirmed by a genetic examination, is the first in Japan this season.
   Once the outbreak is confirmed, the prefectural government will cull all chickens at the farm, totaling some 170,000, and restrict transfers of eggs and chickens from all farms within 10 kilometers of the farm in question.
   According to the farm ministry, no bird flu outbreak has occurred at any farm in the country in October or earlier. The earliest outbreak in a season so far is the one confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.
   As bird flu infections have been spreading in Europe and Asia in recent years, the ministry is calling on chicken and other farms to take precautions.