Bird flu confirmed in Hiroshima, Miyazaki as outbreak grows in Japan

Bird flu has been detected at chicken farms in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima and Miyazaki in the southwest, local authorities said Monday, with the central government calling for strengthened hygiene controls at farms as the outbreak continues to spread in the country.The H5 strain, yet to be confirmed as a highly pathogenic type, made Hiroshima the sixth Japanese prefecture to experience an avian flu outbreak this season. The farm in Mihara started culling around 134,000 chickens at the location and some other affiliated farms.Several movement control points were set up around …READ FULL ARTICLE