Japan to kill 140,000 chickens due to bird flu
Avian flu is back. The third outbreak of the disease was found in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Now farmers have to destroy more than 140 thousand chickens, reports MIR 24.
Experts suspect that the new form of the virus is highly pathogenic and can spread rapidly. Moreover, the disease appears in farms that are not related to each other in any way. On the eve of bird flu was recorded in Fukuoka prefecture, and earlier several foci were identified in Kagawa prefecture. More than a million birds were killed there.
Japan to kill 140,000 chickens due to bird flu
WORLD 24 More Videos SHARE Tweet SHARE SHARE MAIL What else to see
-
The world's deepest diving pool
Reuters
-
“I Can't Sleep at Night”: The Price of Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
BBC News | Russian service
-
Christmas tree delivered to the White House
TVNZ
-
Robertino: voice of an angel
TVNZ
-
The world's first vaccine against coronavirus has been developed and is already being used in Russia, two more are on the way
TVNZ
-
737 MAX Returns – Boeing Seeks Worldwide Permits
Reuters
Click to Expand Repeat Video
-
The world's deepest diving pool
“I Can't Sleep at Night”: The Price of Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh According to Azerbaijan's assurances, on October 28, 2020, Armenia fired at the city of Barda with banned cluster bombs. At least 20 civilians were killed. Both sides deny the use of such shells, but human rights organizations have confirmed their use. As a result of the peace agreement, the regions occupied by Armenia in the 1990s returned to Azerbaijan. But residents will be able to return here only after the territory is cleared by unexploded ordnance.
Christmas tree delivered to the White House Tree will decorate the Blue Room of the White House
FOLLOWING
In October, because of this disease, quarantine was introduced in Kazakhstan, six regions were closed there at once. And in Denmark, one of the farms was surrounded by a ten-kilometer exclusion zone. Due to the epidemic, local farmers had to destroy almost 25 thousand chickens. The country has suspended the export of eggs and poultry meat outside the EU for three months.
Avian influenza is an acute infectious viral disease. Chickens and turkeys are most sensitive to it. Avian influenza can be transmitted to humans through contact with an infected animal or through raw foods: meat and eggs from sick poultry.
