Miyazaki bird flu in the second case of the complex 41-million birds slaughtered poultry - the county to request the dispatch of SDF

23 poultry farms in Miyazaki Prefecture Shintomicho, chicken was found infected with the suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza. According to the prefecture of genetic tests highly pathogenic "H5 subtype" virus was confirmed. More bird flu at a farm in Miyazaki prefecture was the second case this year. This farm is located on the corner of the prefecture's largest poultry complex, headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture to prevent the spread of infection, determining the policy of culling all of the complex about 41 million birds. County started the slaughter.
The government Monday night, held at Prime Minister's Avian Influenza Task Force to attend all other prime ministers Suga Naoto. At the meeting, Kan is "laying the strict regime, it is necessary to stop the expansion at any cost," stressed instructed the government cited the spread of work.
Also, you 嗣知 Kawano Takashi Miyazaki Prefecture has announced plans to request the dispatch of the SDF nearby. And seek assistance for the implementation of chicken slaughter and bury strengthening of quarantine. Ministry of Defense, 43rd infantry regiment GSDF (Miyakonojo City in the prefecture) and standing by about 100 members of the policy, if requested to call out from the County disaster relief. The ministry also disinfected to cooperate with police.
According to Miyazaki, Miyazaki farm northeast of the first case this year found 21 farms Shintomicho 8.5 kilometers (about 60,000,006 breeding birds), and chicken wings on the morning of August 20 23 was reported to have died. Simple test performed in both chickens and chickens living death, had been positive for six 羽中 five birds. In this farm and conducted a visual inspection from 22 counties, no abnormalities.
By the occurrence of a second case, the new county was limited to chickens and eggs within the movement of 10 km radius around the farm raised. Restricted farm is over 100 locations in conjunction with the first case, chicken is expected to be approximately more than 400 million birds. (2011/01/24