Japan confirms bird flu case, culls 4,000 chickens

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Agricultural Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a case of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza at a poultry farm in Miyazaki prefecture in southwestern Japan. Three chickens tested positive at the farm and all of the roughly 4,000 chickens there have been culled, an official at the Miyazaki prefectural government said. The local government also asked nearby poultry farms to restrict movements of livestock, he said. There is believed to be no risk of the virus spreading to humans through consumption of chicken eggs or meat, he said. ...



via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://ift.tt/1BSiua8