The Niigata Prefectural Government completed the culling of 540,000 chickens at two poultry farms Dec. 4 to contain an out-break of the highly virulent H5 strain of bird flu.
About 230,000 chickens were killed at a farm in Joetsu, following the completion of a similar procedure to cull 310,000 chickens in the village of Sekikawa days earlier.
In nearby Aomori Prefecture, 4,720 ducks were culled Dec. 3 at a farm after it was found infected by the H5 strain. (Kyodo)
鳥インフルが検出された2つの養鶏場で、合わせて54万羽のニワトリが処分された。
The Japan Times ST: December 16, 2016