2023.12.03 11:37Nation

鹿児島で鳥インフル、今季４例目　２万３０００羽殺処分

　鹿児島県は３日、出水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感染が確認されたと発表した。午前７時から飼育する採卵鶏約２万３０００羽の殺処分を始めた。養鶏場での発生は全国で今季４例目となる。
　２日午前、北薩家畜保健衛生所に養鶏場から死んだ鶏が増加したとの通報があり、１３羽を簡易検査したところ３羽で陽性が判明。遺伝子検査の結果、３日に感染が確認された。（2023/12/03-11:37）

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2023.12.03 11:37Nation

Japan Confirms Season's 4th Bird Flu Outbreak

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The prefectural government of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, said Sunday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a local chicken farm.
   This marked the fourth bird flu outbreak confirmed at a poultry farm in the nation this season.
   Work to cull some 23,000 egg-laying chickens at the farm in the Kagoshima city of Izumi started at 7 a.m. Sunday.
   A local livestock hygiene center on Saturday morning received a report of an increase in dead chickens from the farm.
   A simple virus test was conducted on 13 dead chickens, and three of them tested positive. Infection was confirmed Sunday in a detailed genetic examination, according to the prefectural government.

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