Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - Workers cover a poultry farm with sheet on June 27 in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, where chickens were found infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza. The Ibaraki prefectural government began culling the entire stock of about 25,000 chickens at the farm.

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - A health official from the Ibaraki prefectural government disposes of culled chickens at a farm in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 27. The prefectural government culled the entire stock of about 25,000 chickens at the farm, where chickens had been found infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza.

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - Ibaraki prefectural government officials move chickens into cages to be taken away for culling at a farm in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 27, a day after announcing that chickens there had been infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza. (Pool photo)

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - Public health officials from the the Ibaraki prefectural government prepare to cull chickens at a farm in the city of Mitsukaido on June 27, the day after chickens were found infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza. (Pool photo)

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

TOKYO, Japan - Ibaraki prefectural government officials disinfect chicken houses at a farm in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 27, a day after announcing that chickens there had been infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza.

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - Ibaraki prefectural government officials enter a chicken house at a farm in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 27 to disinfect it, a day after announcing that chickens there had been infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza.

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

Ibaraki begins culling chickens at bird flu-hit farm

MITSUKAIDO, Japan - Public health officials from the the Ibaraki prefectural government prepare to cull chickens at a farm in the city of Mitsukaido on June 27, the day after chickens were found infected by the H5N2 virus, a weak strain of avian influenza. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Aftermath of massive floods in eastern Japan

Aftermath of massive floods in eastern Japan

Mitsukaido Station located in Joso, eastern Japan, is seen inundated in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 11, 2015, a day after the Kinugawa River's banks were breached following torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo