岡山で鳥インフル　９県に拡大、６４万羽殺処分

　岡山県は１１日、美作市の養鶏場で発生した鳥インフルエンザが、致死率の高い高病原性とみられることが分かったと発表した。感染拡大を防ぐため、飼育する約６４万羽を全て殺処分する。今年発生した鳥インフルによる殺処分では、一つの事例として国内最大規模となる。養鶏場での感染は同県内で今年初めてで、全国９県に拡大した。（2020/12/11-08:41）

The Okayama prefectural government announced Friday an outbreak of avian influenza believed to be highly pathogenic at a chicken farm in the city of Mimasaka in the western Japan prefecture.
   All chickens at the farm, totaling about 640,000 heads, will be culled to stem the spread of the infection. The culling will be one of the largest in a single bird flu outbreak case in Japan this year.
   It is the first time this year that the disease was found at a chicken farm in Okayama, which became the ninth prefecture in Japan to report a farm outbreak of bird flu apparently of a highly pathogenic strain following the western and southwestern Japan prefectures of Kagawa, Fukuoka, Hyogo, Miyazaki, Nara, Hiroshima, Oita and Wakayama.
   After receiving a report of suspected bird flu infection at the farm in Mimasaka on Thursday, the Okayama government conducted simple tests and found positive cases there. Genetic tests found Friday morning that the bird flu is very likely to be highly pathogenic.
   The prefectural government requested the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops for help to cull the chickens. The culling work has started.