According to him, the mortality of birds was recorded on several farms in the city of Sanuki, and from him the next areas. The tests showed positive for avian influenza virus strain Н5N6.

In the operation for the destruction of birds was attended by 750 people, including staff of the defense forces. In a radius of 10 kilometers from poultry farms, where they found the bird flu virus was introduced quarantine zone, a ban on the export of eggs, poultry and products outside the area. On the roads of disinfection.

This is the first outbreak of avian influenza in Japan this year.

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