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Saga culls 73,000 chickens after bird flu found

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Health authorities in Saga Prefecture on Sunday began culling 73,000 chickens after officials confirmed the country’s fifth bird flu outbreak since early December.

DNA tests confirmed the pathogenic H5 strain of the virus at a chicken farm in Arita after 28 chickens were found dead between Jan 15 and Jan 17, TBS reported.

Saga Gov Yoshinori Yamaguchi said the Agriculture Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces began culling the chickens on Sunday in an operation expected to take two days. He told a news conference that the procedure was standard and urged the public not to worry, TBS reported.

Last week, the government ordered the slaughter of more than 200,000 chickens in Okayama Prefecture, and last month, 50,000 chickens were culled at poultry farms in Miyazaki and Yamaguchi prefectures.

Local authorities have locked down the Arita farm and others within a 10-kilometer radius, with the movement of chickens banned.

 

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time to go bck to that lovely Brazilian chicken, until Japan can get its "safety food Japan" practices matching the Japanese mentality then its time for a safer alternative. bring on the TPP.

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I hate to agree with WTF, but yes, now that Brazilian chicken sure sounds good, or at least safer than anything coming out of Saga down there on the island of Kyushu.

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i love how people thumb me down but they have no answer as to why they think Japanese foods/ agriculture is so safe compared to other countries. because its all a brain washing stunt by Japan Agriculture over the Japanese people, so theyll keep supporting there over inflated prices. give the Japanese consumers a choice, if they want to keep buying Japanese grown then thats fine but dont stop them from buying quality foods from other countries without the ridiculous protectionist tarriffs.

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