28.12.2014

42,000 chickens have been slaughtered on a farm in the city of Miyazaki after H5 avian influenza was confirmed. This is the second time a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain has been confirmed in Japan this year. On Dec. 16, the H5N8 virus was confirmed at a poultry farm in Nobeoka, also in Miyazaki Prefecture, where about 4,000 chickens were culled.