11.12.2020

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8, has spread to eight of Japan’s 47 prefectures. More than 370,000 head of poultry will be slaughtered and buried after avian influenza was discovered at two breeding farms in Mimasaka city in Okayama prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The latest cullings mean nearly 2.5 million chickens will have been slaughtered since the outbreak began.