16.01.2015

Cull of 200,000 layer hens begins at Okayama farm infected with avian influenza.
Authorities have banned farmers moving chickens and eggs at six farms within 3 km of the farm in Kasaoka, and 15 other farms within 10 km have been ordered not to ship their products.
The 21 farms account for nearly 1 million birds in all. It is the fourth case of avian influenza detected at a poultry operation in Japan this winter. Okayama is the fourth-largest chicken egg producing prefecture nationwide.