高知で鳥インフル　１１県に拡大、３．２万羽殺処分

　高知県は１６日、宿毛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３万２０００羽を全て殺処分する。養鶏場での感染確認は同県で初めてで、１１県に拡大した。香川県でも同日、高病原性とみられる鳥インフルが新たに判明した。
　高知県によると、１５日午前、宿毛市の養鶏場から「飼っている鶏４０羽が死んでいる」と連絡を受け、鳥インフルの簡易検査を実施。陽性反応を確認した。その後の遺伝子検査で１６日未明、高病原性の疑いが濃いことが判明。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を求めている。
　香川県では、三豊市の養鶏場で県内１２例目となる鳥インフルが発生。同県は養鶏場と関連農場の計約２万９０００羽を全て殺処分する。（2020/12/16-10:38）

The prefectural government of Kochi, western Japan, said Wednesday that an outbreak of avian influenza believed to be highly pathogenic has been confirmed at a chicken farm in the city of Sukumo.
   All chickens at the farm, totaling some 32,000, will be killed to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus.
   It is the first time that a bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Kochi. This winter, avian flu infections have also been found at farms in 10 other Japanese prefectures--Kagawa, Fukuoka, Hyogo, Miyazaki, Nara, Hiroshima, Oita, Wakayama, Okayama and Shiga.
   The Sukumo farm reported to the Kochi prefectural government on Tuesday morning that 40 of its chickens had died, and positive results were confirmed in a simple test conducted later in the day. A genetic test found early Wednesday that the virus is likely to be highly pathogenic. The prefecture has called on farms within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farm not to move their chickens or eggs.
   Also on Wednesday, the prefectural government of Kagawa said that bird flu believed to be highly pathogenic has been found at a chicken farm in the city of Mitoyo, marking the 12th outbreak in the western prefecture this winter. A total of 29,000 chickens at the farm and a related facility will be slaughtered.