Bird flu case prompting massive chicken cull in Japan

Bird flu case prompting massive chicken cull in Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel head to a chicken farm in the western Japan city of Kasaoka on Jan. 16, 2015, where local authorities have confirmed the presence of a pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu. They plan to cull roughly 200,000 birds in four days.

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