兵庫・淡路島で鳥インフル　今年１０例目、３県に拡大―農水省

　農林水産省は２５日、兵庫県淡路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が発生したと発表した。国内の養鶏場では今年１０例目。香川、福岡両県に続き３県目で、感染地域が広がりつつある。
　兵庫県によると、２５日にこの養鶏場から鶏が多数死んでいるとの通報があり、簡易検査を実施したところ鳥インフル陽性を確認した。その後の遺伝子検査で高病原性の疑いが強いことが判明。県は感染拡大を防ぐため、この養鶏場で飼育する約１４万６０００羽を殺処分する。（2020/11/25-23:58）

Japan has confirmed its 10th avian influenza outbreak at a poultry farm this year, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.
   The latest case happened at a farm in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Hyogo is the third prefecture with such an outbreak this year, following Kagawa, also in the western region, and Fukuoka in the southwestern region.
   The Hyogo government obtained positive results of simple bird flu tests conducted on chickens at the farm after a report that many chickens had died there.
   Genetic testing conducted later showed that the virus is very likely to be highly pathogenic.
   The prefecture will slaughter 146,000 birds being raised at the farm, hoping to finish the work in two or three days. It asked for a Self-Defense Force dispatch.