13.04.2014

Japan has ordered the slaughter of some 112,000 chickens after officials confirmed avian influenza infections at a poultry farm in the south. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Taragi town, Kumamoto prefecture that kept 56,000 birds, after its owner reported high mortality among his poultry. Officials also ordered the culling of another 56,000 birds at a separate farm run by the same owner after treating it as a location of possible infection.