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Morioka, Iwate Pref. – The prefectural government of Iwate said Saturday that it has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu that is believed to be highly pathogenic at a chicken farm in Kuji.
The Iwate government will cull all 45,000 birds at the farm, while chicken farms located within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm will be asked to stop transporting chickens and products out of the area.
The Iwate government received a report from the chicken farm in Kuji about a rise in the number of deaths among its chickens.
Some chickens tested positive for bird flu in simple testing. A subsequent genetic examination found that the virus is likely to be of a highly pathogenic strain.
This marks the first bird flu outbreak at a chicken farm in Iwate.
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