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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Officials gather on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds.

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Massive chicken cull begins in western Japan

KASAOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows public workers beginning to cull roughly 200,000 chickens on Jan. 16, 2015, at a farm in the western Japan city of Kasaoka, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed. The cull is expected to take four days.

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Massive chicken cull begins in western Japan

KASAOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows public workers beginning to cull roughly 200,000 chickens on Jan. 16, 2015, at a farm in the western Japan city of Kasaoka, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed. The cull is expected to take four days.

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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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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 2nd case this winter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki prepare to bury all of the 42,000 chickens culled in the early morning on Dec. 29, 2014, at a farm where a highly pathogenic bird flu virus was detected. It is the second time this winter that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed at chicken farms in Japan. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 2nd case this winter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 29, 2014, shows a chicken farm in the southwestern city of Miyazaki, where a highly pathogenic bird flu virus was detected. All the 42,000 birds raised in the farm were culled in the early morning the same day. It is the second time this winter that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed at chicken farms in Japan.

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 2nd case this winter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki prepare to bury all of the 42,000 chickens culled in the early morning on Dec. 29, 2014, at a farm where a highly pathogenic bird flu virus was detected. It is the second time this winter that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed at chicken farms in Japan. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Officials disinfect a poultry farm in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2014, after three chickens at the farm tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza.

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 4,000 chickens culled

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki put culled chickens into bags at a farm where three chickens have tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza. The prefectural government said it plans to complete necessary procedures, including burying roughly 4,000 culled chickens at the farm.

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 4,000 chickens culled

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Shunji Kono (2nd from R) attends a task force meeting on Dec. 16, 2014, at the prefectural government offices after three chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza at a farm in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The prefectural government said it plans to complete necessary procedures, including burying roughly 4,000 culled chickens at the farm.

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Pathogenic bird flu strain detected at Japan poultry farm

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki head for a chicken farm in the city of Nobeoka on Dec. 16, 2014, to cull all the roughly 4,000 chickens after a genetic test confirmed a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza in three birds there.

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Pathogenic bird flu strain detected at Japan poultry farm

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki head for a chicken farm in the city of Nobeoka on Dec. 16, 2014, to cull all the roughly 4,000 chickens after a genetic test confirmed a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza in three birds there.

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Virulent bird flu virus confirmed at Okayama chicken farm

OKAYAMA, Japan - Okayama Gov. Tadahiro Ishii (C) inspects the Hashimoto Nojo chicken farm in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture on Jan. 29 after the government determined that chicken in the farm had been infected by highly virulent H5 strain of avian flu. Hashimoto Nojo is the third chicken farm in Japan hit by bird flu this year. The two others are located in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Virulent bird flu virus confirmed at Okayama chicken farm

OKAYAMA, Japan - Okayama Prefecture workers check the Hashimoto Nojo chicken farm in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture on Jan. 29 after the government determined that chicken in the farm had been infected by highly virulent H5 strain of avian flu. Hashimoto Nojo is the third chicken farm in Japan hit by bird flu this year. The two others are located in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Virulent bird flu virus confirmed at Okayama chicken farm

OKAYAMA, Japan - Okayama Gov. Tadahiro Ishii (C) inspects the Hashimoto Nojo chicken farm in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture on Jan. 29 after the government determined that chicken in the farm had been infected by highly virulent H5 strain of avian flu. Hashimoto Nojo is the third chicken farm in Japan hit by bird flu this year. The two others are located in Miyazaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Massive chicken cull begins in western Japan

KASAOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows public workers beginning to cull roughly 200,000 chickens on Jan. 16, 2015, at a farm in the western Japan city of Kasaoka, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed. The cull is expected to take four days. (Kyodo)

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 2nd case this winter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki prepare to bury all of the 42,000 chickens culled in the early morning on Dec. 29, 2014, at a farm where a highly pathogenic bird flu virus was detected. It is the second time this winter that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed at chicken farms in Japan. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo)

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 2nd case this winter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 29, 2014, shows a chicken farm in the southwestern city of Miyazaki, where a highly pathogenic bird flu virus was detected. All the 42,000 birds raised in the farm were culled in the early morning the same day. It is the second time this winter that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed at chicken farms in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Pathogenic bird flu strain detected at Japan poultry farm

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Local officials in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki head for a chicken farm in the city of Nobeoka on Dec. 16, 2014, to cull all the roughly 4,000 chickens after a genetic test confirmed a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza in three birds there. (Kyodo)

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Bird flu virus detected in Miyazaki, 4,000 chickens culled

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Shunji Kono (2nd from R) attends a task force meeting on Dec. 16, 2014, at the prefectural government offices after three chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza at a farm in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The prefectural government said it plans to complete necessary procedures, including burying roughly 4,000 culled chickens at the farm. (Kyodo)

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Local officials prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm on Dec. 17, 2016, in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Local officials prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm on Dec. 17, 2016, in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture fears reputation damage

Ryuichi Yoneyama (L), governor of Japan's Niigata Prefecture, asks Kenichi Hosoda (R), parliamentary vice agriculture minister, at the prefectural government building on Nov. 29, 2016 to take measures against potential reputation damage, after the H5 strain of bird flu virus was detected at a local farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Workers dig ditches on Nov. 29, 2016, near a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

An official in a protective suit is seen on Nov. 29, 2016, at a sterilization point of livestock-related vehicles, about nine kilometers away from a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

An official of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori sterilizes a car on Nov. 29, 2016, near a farm where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Officials work on culling birds on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing, as seen in the photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

Officials gather on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

Workers transport culled chickens from a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, to an incinerator on Jan. 15, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

Workers transport culled chickens from a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, in western Japan, to an incinerator on Jan. 15, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Culling of 92,000 chickens begins in Japan after bird flu detected

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows officials working to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture on Jan. 12, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Culling of 92,000 chickens begins in Japan after bird flu detected

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows officials working to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture on Jan. 12, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu detected in Japan

Workers of Japan's Kagawa Prefecture in protective suits prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki on Jan. 11, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu detected in Japan

Workers of Japan's Kagawa Prefecture in protective suits prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki on Jan. 11, 2018, after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu detected in Japan

Workers of Japan's Kagawa Prefecture wear protective suits aboard a bus taking them to a poultry farm in the city of Sanuki on Jan. 11, 2018, to cull chickens after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows local officials working to cull chickens at a poultry farm in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows local officials working to cull chickens at a poultry farm in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows local officials working to cull chickens at a poultry farm in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly pathogenic bird flu confirmed in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a poultry farm in Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu has been confirmed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chicken cull starts at another bird flu-hit farm in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 1, 2016, from a drone shows officials preparing to cull 230,000 chickens at a bird flu-hit poultry farm in Joetsu in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata. The latest cull follows the earlier detection of the highly virulent H5 strain at another Niigata farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chicken cull starts at another bird flu-hit farm in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 1, 2016, from a drone shows a bird flu-hit poultry farm in Joetsu in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata. The local government began culling all of the 230,000 chickens at the farm, following the earlier detection of the highly virulent H5 strain at another Niigata farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins to cull chickens at another bird flu-hit Japan farm

Workers in protective suits get on a bus bound for a bird flu-hit poultry farm in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan on Dec. 1, 2016. The prefectural government began work the same day to cull all of the 230,000 chickens kept on the farm, following the earlier discovery of the highly virulent H5 strain in another area of Niigata Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another bird flu outbreak suspected in Japan's Niigata Prefecture

Workers bury bags containing culled chickens at a poultry farm in Sekikawa in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata on Nov. 30, 2016, after a highly virulent H5 strain of a bird flu virus was detected. (Photo taken with a drone)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another bird flu outbreak suspected in Japan's Niigata Prefecture

Hundreds of bags containing culled chickens are lined up at a poultry farm in Sekikawa in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata on Nov. 30, 2016, after a highly virulent H5 strain of a bird flu virus was detected. (Photo taken with a drone)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another bird flu outbreak suspected in Japan's Niigata Prefecture

Hundreds of bags containing culled chickens are lined up at a poultry farm in Sekikawa in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata on Nov. 30, 2016, after a highly virulent H5 strain of a bird flu virus was detected. (Photo taken with a drone)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture begins to bury culled ducks

The prefectural government of Aomori, Japan begins work in the city of Aomori on Nov. 30, 2016, to bury about 18,000 culled ducks in holes. A highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was detected at a local farm earlier in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture begins to bury culled ducks

The prefectural government of Aomori, Japan begins work in the city of Aomori on Nov. 30, 2016, to bury about 18,000 culled ducks in holes. A highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was detected at a local farm earlier in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture stays alert

Officials of the Niigata prefectural government have their shoes disinfected in the village of Sekikawa, Japan, on Nov. 30, 2016, upon their return from a local poultry farm where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu virus was detected earlier in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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330,000 chickens, ducks culled as bird flu found in Niigata, Aomori

Self-Defense Force personnel gather near a poultry farm, where a highly pathogenic H5 strain of an avian flu virus was detected, in the village of Sekikawa in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Niigata on Nov. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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330,000 chickens, ducks culled as bird flu found in Niigata, Aomori

Local government officials work on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of an avian flu virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo