香川で再び鳥インフル　西日本で広がり

　香川県は２日、三豊市の２カ所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確認されたと発表した。香川では今年９・１０例目となる。今週に入って宮崎県でも２例発生するなど、１１月以降に福岡、兵庫両県を含め鳥インフルが西日本で広がりを見せている。
　香川県は、今回発生した所と同じ車両などが出入りしている養鶏場を含む計３カ所の約３７万３０００羽を殺処分する。県によると、１日から「死んだ鶏が増えた」との連絡が養鶏場からあり、簡易検査を行ったところ陽性を確認。その後の遺伝子検査でＨ５亜型のウイルスが検出され、高病原性の可能性が高いことが分かった。
　３カ所は、いずれも最初に感染が確認された養鶏場から半径３キロ以内。うち１カ所は感染が確認されていないが、ウイルス侵入の恐れがあるため、殺処分の対象となった。（2020/12/02-11:39）

Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref., Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Kagawa Prefecture said Wednesday that avian influenza believed to be of a highly pathogenic strain has been confirmed at two more chicken farms in the city of Mitoyo.
   These marked the ninth and 10th bird flu outbreaks at poultry farms in the western Japan prefecture this year. Bird flu is spreading in the western and southwestern parts of Japan, with infections found also in Hyogo, Fukuoka and Miyazaki prefectures since November. In Miyazaki, one of the biggest chicken-producing areas in Japan, two outbreaks were confirmed this week.
   The Kagawa prefectural government will cull a total of some 373,000 chickens at three farms, including the two affected Mitoyo facilities, that were all visited by the same vehicles.
   The prefectural government has received reports from the two farms about an increase in chicken deaths, and simple tests found infections among birds at the farms. Genetic tests conducted later detected an H5 subtype virus from the chickens, indicating that the virus is likely to be highly pathogenic.
   The three farms are located within 3 kilometers from a Mitoyo farm where highly pathogenic bird flu was confirmed on Nov. 5 in the first such outbreak hitting a poultry farm in Japan in two years and 10 months.