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State of Health Japan culled record 5.8mln chickens since November: Reports
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 17 Jan 2021, 10:42 am Print
Japan Chicken UNSPLASH
Moscow/Sputnik: Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday.
According to the news outlet, a highly pathogenic variant of bird flu has been detected at 36 poultry farms in 15 prefectures across the country since November.
The previous record dates back to the 2005-2006 season when 5.7 million chickens were culled because of the disease.
The total number of exterminated birds is expected to reach six million once the culling is over.
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