THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 10, 2023 at 17:04 JST
Ibaraki prefectural officials prepare to enter a poultry farm in Shirosato to kill chickens suspected of carrying a highly pathogenic bird flu virus on Jan. 9. (Provided by Ibaraki prefectural government)
Japan’s worst pathogenic avian influenza epidemic has spread to poultry farms in 23 prefectures, leading to a record 10.08 million chickens culled or scheduled to be killed as of Jan. 10. [Read More]
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