Japan confronted with a new bird flu outbreak

//14 Mar 2011

On top of all the aftermath Japan is facing following last weeks earthquake and tsunami, Avian influenza has now been confirmed at a poultry farm in the Kanto region, making it the first confirmed outbreak in this area of Japan.

The outbreak in Chiba, Japan's second-largest chicken egg producing prefecture, has prompted local authorities to begin culling about 35,000 birds at the infected farm and restrict the movements of another 869,000 birds being raised within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm in question, the Chiba prefectural government said.

''This is a very severe situation as damage from the huge earthquake is also serious,'' Chiba Gov Kensaku Morita said at a press conference, referring to the powerful quake that struck northeastern and eastern Japan on Friday. A total of four birds were found dead at the Chiba farm on Friday and Saturday, and a genetic test confirmed that four out of seven birds checked were infected by a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu virus.

日本爆发禽流感

2011年3月14日

当日本应对上周发生的地震和海啸之时，关东地区确认了首例禽流感病例。疫病爆发地点是位于日本千叶市的日本第二大鸡蛋生产企业。千叶县政府称，当地政府已经开始对感染的35000只鸡进行扑杀，同时对鸡场10公里半径范围内的另外869000只家禽采取限制转运措施。

千叶县政府官员在新闻发布会上表示，此次疫情带来的损伤与地震不相上下。上周五与周六，在千叶县的该鸡场中总共发现4只鸡死亡，通过基因鉴定确认已有4/7的鸡感染了高致病性禽流感病毒。

每年春季，都是各类病毒爆发的高危时期，希望公棚在收鸽关键时期，做好疫苗接种和科学保健防护工作。