Japan to Cull 410,000 Chickens

The Japanese Government has ordered the culling of 410,000 chickens at a farm in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, Japan, following an outbreak of bird flu.

The detection of the H5N1 flu virus was found in dead chickens at the Mori Furanjo Omagari Nojo farm in Shintomi town.

In January last year, around 10,240 chickens in the farm were slaughtered due to detection of the virus.

The government has also imposed a restriction on the movement of chicken and eggs within a 10km radius of the farm.

The restricted zone is estimated to contain nearly 1.5 million chickens housed in 46 poultry farms.