JAPAN CULLED OVER 7 MILLION CHICKENS DUE TO BIRD FLU

Thu 29 December 2022:

In response to a bird flu outbreak, about 7.3 million chickens had been culled in Japan as of early October, according to Japanese media on Thursday.

According to experts polled by the NHK broadcaster, the danger of infection will stay very high until spring.

According to the broadcaster, the current outbreak would result in the culling of more birds than the outbreak that occurred in 2020–2021, which resulted in the culling of over 10 million birds. Experts attribute this to the fact that the disease was rapidly spreading throughout regions and that migratory birds returned earlier than usual this year.

Bird flu has caused the price of chicken eggs already high amid inflation and soaring food products to spike to its 29-year peak, according to the report.

The first cases of avian influenza in Japan were detected in October, with 52 outbreaks registered in 18 prefectures since then. The infection is spreading much faster than last year.

The authorities have reportedly already imposed a ban on the transportation of chickens and eggs within a 3-kilometer (1.8 miles) radius around the outbreak hot spots as well as prohibited the export of chickens and eggs outside a 10-kilometer radius.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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