Japan Culls Chickens, Restricts Shipments on Bird Flu Outbreak
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Japan began culling about 4,000 chickens in a farm on the southern island of Kyushu after discovering the nation’s first outbreak of bird flu in eight months, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Local authorities also restricted shipments of poultry and eggs within a radius of 10 kilometers (6 miles) of the farm in Kitagawa town in Miyazaki prefecture, the ministry said in an e-mailed statement. The government identified the H-5 avian influenza virus as the cause of death of more than 20 chickens at the farm.