Japan is reporting a second outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza this season.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, November 13 (Reporter Qian Zheng) Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on the 13th that an epidemic of pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in Chiba Prefecture on the same day. This is the second outbreak of the most pathogenic bird flu in Japan this season.
A press release issued by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated that genetic test results confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza was present at a poultry farm in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture. A total of about 40,000 laying hens are raised on this farm. The Chiba Prefectural Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 13th that it will take measures to prevent epidemics such as removing the poultry from the farm.
The bird flu epidemic season in Japan is from autumn and winter to the following spring every year. On the 12th, Japan's first bird flu epidemic of the season was confirmed in Kamaoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.