29.12.2024

This season, approximately 1.67 million birds have been culled across 15 outbreaks in 11 prefectures in Japan due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). A recent outbreak of HPAI has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Yachiyo, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. This marks the 16th outbreak in the country this season and the first recorded in Ibaraki. At the Yachiyo farm, approximately 1.1 million egg-laying hens will be culled, representing the largest number affected thus far this season.