Bird flu has been detected at a chicken farm in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita and local authorities have begun a cull of some 143,000 birds, the prefectural government said Wednesday.The outbreak of avian flu, the first in Japan this season, was confirmed through genetic testing at a chicken farm in Yokote after a positive result was returned in a preliminary test the previous day.The prefectural government also barred shipments of chickens or eggs from farms within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farm. The Ground Self-Defense Force dispatched personnel to help deal with …READ FULL ARTICLE
