滋賀で鳥インフル　１０県に拡大、１万羽殺処分

　滋賀県は１３日、東近江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。県は飼育する約１万羽を殺処分した。養鶏場での感染は同県では今シーズン初めてで、香川、福岡、兵庫、宮崎、奈良、広島、大分、和歌山、岡山に続き、１０県に拡大した。
　県によると、東近江市の養鶏場からの連絡を受けて実施した鳥インフルの簡易検査で陽性反応を確認。より詳細な遺伝子検査で、高病原性の可能性が高いことが分かった。半径１０キロ圏内の養鶏場に対する鶏や卵の移動制限なども求めた。（2020/12/13-19:56）

A new case of avian influenza believed to be of a highly pathogenic strain has been found at a poultry farm in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.
   The number of Japanese prefectures that have reported farm outbreaks of such bird flu this year expanded to 10.
   The Shiga prefectural government said Sunday that it has culled all of some 10,000 chickens at the farm in Higashiomi.
   After receiving a report of suspected bird flu infection at the farm on Saturday, the prefectural government conducted simple tests and found positive cases on the same day. Genetic tests later found that the virus involved is quite likely to be highly pathogenic.
   Farms within 10 kilometers from the affected farm were asked not to move their chickens or eggs outside the 10-kilometer zone.