宮崎・都城でも鳥インフル　鶏産地での拡大に警戒

　宮崎県は３日未明、都城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。遺伝子検査で確認した。県は、飼育する約３万６０００羽を全て殺処分する。同市は全国的にも有名な養鶏の一大産地。関係者は感染拡大への警戒を強めている。
　県によると、２日午後、養鶏場から７２羽の鶏が死んだとの連絡を受けた。家畜保健衛生所の簡易検査で鳥インフルの陽性反応が出て、遺伝子検査を行っていた。
　県は防疫措置として、発生地から３キロ以内の１２カ所の養鶏場に対し鶏や卵の移動を制限。３～１０キロ圏内の８２カ所の養鶏場には域外への持ち出しを規制した。全体で約４３０万羽が制約を受ける。
　宮崎では１１月３０日以降、日向市と都農町でそれぞれ鳥インフルが発生。養鶏場での感染は今年、香川、福岡、兵庫各県でも確認されている。（2020/12/03-01:14）

Miyazaki Prefecture announced early Thursday a new outbreak of avian influenza believed to be highly pathogenic at a chicken farm in the southwestern Japan prefecture.
   The prefectural government will cull all of some 36,000 chickens at the farm in the city of Miyakonojo, which is one of the biggest chicken-producing areas in the country. Local industry officials are increasingly alert for any further spread of infections.
   Chickens at the farm were confirmed positive in a simple bird flu test conducted after its operator reported to the prefectural government Wednesday afternoon that 72 chickens at the facility had died. A genetic test carried out later confirmed the infections.
   The prefectural government ordered 12 farms within a 3-kilometer radius of the affected farm not to transfer their chickens and eggs from their facilities. Eighty-two farms in areas of 3 to 10 kilometers are banned from moving their chickens or eggs outside of the zones. The 94 farms have a total of about 4.3 million chickens.
   In Miyazaki, bird flu was confirmed at chicken farms in the city of Hyuga and the town of Tsuno earlier this week. Elsewhere in Japan, avian flu outbreaks occurred at chicken farms in the western prefectures of Hyogo and Kagawa and the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka this year.