Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Koya Nishikawa (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014, after a meeting of ministers related to a bird flu outbreak in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi. The prefectural government began culling about 37,000 chickens in the early morning of the same day at a poultry farm in the city of Nagato after bird flu was confirmed.

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