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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

SAGA, Japan - Wearing white protective gear, workers cull chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, at a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Workers wearing white protective gear carry chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, outside a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Workers wearing white protective gear carry chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, outside a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Bird flu in Japan

Bird flu in Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows work to cull and bury chickens at a poultry farm in Taragi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 14, 2014, after two chickens at the farm tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza the previous day.

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Bird flu in Japan

Bird flu in Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows work to cull and bury chickens at a poultry farm in Taragi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 14, 2014, after two chickens at the farm tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza the previous day.

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Bird flu in Japan

Bird flu in Japan

HITOYOSHI, Japan - Prefectural employees and other workers put on protective suits to cull chickens in the town of Taragi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 13, 2014. Two chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier in the day at a farm in Taragi, where 1,100 chickens have died, setting off the culling of some 112,000 birds.

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Bird flu in Japan

Bird flu in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 13, 2014. Two chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier in the day at a farm in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where 1,100 chickens have died, setting off the culling through Monday of some 112,000 birds.

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Bird flu in Japan

Bird flu in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on April 13, 2014. Two chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier in the day at a farm in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where 1,100 chickens have died, setting off the culling through Monday of some 112,000 birds.

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(4) 6,000 chickens killed by bird flu in Yamaguchi Pref.

(4) 6,000 chickens killed by bird flu in Yamaguchi Pref.

ATO, Japan - Two Yamaguchi prefectural government officials in white protective garment explain to residents of Ato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, about the outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in the town on Jan. 12.

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(2)Bird flu in Yamaguchi Pref. kills 6,000 chickens

(2)Bird flu in Yamaguchi Pref. kills 6,000 chickens

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Two chickens infected with bird flu are seen in a photo taken at the ''Win-Win Farm'' in the town of Ato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 8 and released Jan. 12 by the Yamaguchi prefectural government. Nearly 6,000 chickens have died of bird flu in the prefecture since Dec. 28 in the first outbreak of the disease in Japan since 1925. (Kyodo)

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

SAGA, Japan - Wearing white protective gear, workers cull chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, at a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town. (Kyodo)

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Animals in Chanba National Wetland Park

Animals in Chanba National Wetland Park

Two coot chickens play in water at Chanba National Wetland Park in Xi 'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 13, 2021.

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