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Avian Influenza Diagnosed in Miyazaki Prefecture of Japan

12/03/2020

The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has announced outbreaks of avian influenza, presumably H5N8 strain, on broiler farms near Hyuga and Tsuno in Miyazaki Prefecture in Southwestern Japan. A total of 70,000 birds were depleted. According to USDA-FAS GAIN Report JA2020-0196 released December 3rd, Miyazaka Prefecture produces twenty percent of broilers in Japan and has 28 million birds.

 

These outbreaks bring the total of HPAI cases to 14 this year with recent outbreaks in Kagawa Hyogo and Kyushu Prefectures contributing to depletion of approximately 1.9 million chickens comprising 300,000 broilers and 1.6 million egg-producing flocks in Japan since the beginning of November. The FAS Station in Tokyo estimates the population of chickens in Japan at 138 million broilers and 185 million laying hens, contributing to 63 percent self-sufficiency.

 

Sequential outbreaks within a limited period in diverse areas of Japan indicates dissemination of virus by migratory waterfowl as is currently the case in Eastern and Western Europe and South Korea.


 
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