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Season's first bird flu case in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 17, 2024, shows officials in protective suits working to cull birds at a poultry farm in Atsuma in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of aviation influenza in the nation was confirmed there.

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Season's first bird flu case in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 17, 2024, shows officials in protective suits working to cull birds at a poultry farm in Atsuma in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of aviation influenza in the nation was confirmed there.

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[Breaking News]Season's first bird flu in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there. (Kyodo)

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Season's first bird flu in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there.

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Season's first bird flu in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 25, 2023, shows officials in protective suits working to cull about 40,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Kashima in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of bird flu across the country was confirmed there.

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India's Jharkhand state on bird flu alert

STORY: India's Jharkhand state on bird flu alert DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. India gate 2. various of markets of Jharkhand state 3. various of poultry farm 4. various of chicken market STORYLINE: Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Wednesday issued an alert following the outbreak of bird flu in one of the government-run poultry farms. The bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a government-run poultry farm in Lohanchal of Bokaro district, which is about 120 km northeast of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. According to officials, around 700 to 800 chickens have died over the past week due to the outbreak at the farm. "Following the confirmation about the bird flu in Bokaro, instructions have been issued to set up control rooms in all 24 districts to monitor the situation," an official of the state animal husbandry department said. "The top officials have also met to discuss the issue and decided to cull the remaini

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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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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 Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

NAGATO, Japan - Local officials of the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi prepare to cull around 37,000 chickens before dawn on Dec. 30, 2014, at a farm where a bird flu outbreak was confirmed. It was the third avian influenza case of the winter at a chicken farm in Japan, after the city of Miyazaki in southwestern prefecture announced a confirmed case the previous day.

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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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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

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

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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Workers at Kochi animal culling center seeking solace

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken March 5, 2013 shows a device to cull cats at the Small Animal Management Center in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture.

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Japan to cull livestock in no-go zone near Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on April 25, 2011, shows cows wandering without their owners within a designated no-entry zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan has decided to cull livestock and poultry in the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the nuclear power plant due to difficulty in feeding them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011.

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Abandoned Fukushima livestock to be culled

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Local officials in protective outfits prepare to enter the no-entry zone set by the central government, within the radius of 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 25, 2011, to assess the conditions of the livestock and poultry there. The prefectural government has decided to cull animals and birds which are dying without food and water after evacuation of the residents.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda, owner of six popular stud bulls, looks sad during a press conference in Miyazaki, western Japan, on July 16, 2010. Komoda has reluctantly agreed to a request by the state government to cull the bulls to contain foot-and-mouth disease.

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Workers prepare to cull chickens at bird flu-infected Miyazaki farm

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Workers prepare to cull chicken in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 26, a day after the government determined that chickens at a local farm had been infected by the highly virulent H5 variety of the bird flu virus. This marks the second outbreak of bird flu in a month in Japan's top chicken breeding prefecture.

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8,000 chickens culled at Miyazaki farm hit by bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective wear work at a poultry farm hit by avian influenza to cull 12,000 chickens there. About 8,000 chickens were culled on Jan. 14.

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Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing getting ready Jan. 14 to cull 12,000 chickens at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers make preparations to cull chickens on a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, after health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that bird flu was responsible for the death of hundreds of chicken raised there. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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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)

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(4)Bird flu scare in Japan

TAMBA, Japan - Kyoto prefectural government officials wearing protective suits cull chickens at the Asada Nosan Co.'s Funai poultry farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4.

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African swine fever cases detected in southern Indian state

STORY: African swine fever cases detected in southern Indian state DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India Gate 2. various of village area 3. various of pigs STORYLINE: African swine fever (ASF) cases have been reported from two farms in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Friday. The cases were detected at Mananthavady in Wayanad district, about 468 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. "The disease was detected among pigs of two farms in the district and later confirmed after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal," an official at the district magistrate office in Wayanad said. "The samples were collected after pigs died last week." According to officials, measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and an order to cull pigs has been issued. "After confirming the infection orders have been issued to cull 300 pigs from all the n

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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)

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13. (Kyodo)

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers make preparations to cull chickens on a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, after health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that bird flu was responsible for the death of hundreds of chicken raised there. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13. (Kyodo)

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing getting ready Jan. 14 to cull 12,000 chickens at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide. (Kyodo)

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8,000 chickens culled at Miyazaki farm hit by bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective wear work at a poultry farm hit by avian influenza to cull 12,000 chickens there. About 8,000 chickens were culled on Jan. 14. (Kyodo)

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Workers prepare to cull chickens at bird flu-infected Miyazaki f

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Workers prepare to cull chicken in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 26, a day after the government determined that chickens at a local farm had been infected by the highly virulent H5 variety of the bird flu virus. This marks the second outbreak of bird flu in a month in Japan's top chicken breeding prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan reviewing bird flu measures

File photo shows local government workers clad in protective suits engaged in an operation to cull ducks at a farm in Aomori, northeastern Japan, after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu virus was detected in November 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda, owner of six popular stud bulls, looks sad during a press conference in Miyazaki, western Japan, on July 16, 2010. Komoda has reluctantly agreed to a request by the state government to cull the bulls to contain foot-and-mouth disease. (Kyodo)

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Japan to cull livestock in no-go zone near Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on April 25, 2011, shows cows wandering without their owners within a designated no-entry zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan has decided to cull livestock and poultry in the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the nuclear power plant due to difficulty in feeding them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Abandoned Fukushima livestock to be culled

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Local officials in protective outfits prepare to enter the no-entry zone set by the central government, within the radius of 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 25, 2011, to assess the conditions of the livestock and poultry there. The prefectural government has decided to cull animals and birds which are dying without food and water after evacuation of the residents. (Kyodo)

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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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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 Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

NAGATO, Japan - Local officials of the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi prepare to cull around 37,000 chickens before dawn on Dec. 30, 2014, at a farm where a bird flu outbreak was confirmed. It was the third avian influenza case of the winter at a chicken farm in Japan, after the city of Miyazaki in southwestern prefecture announced a confirmed case the previous day. (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 spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. (Kyodo)

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Culling of chickens begins at Miyazaki farm after bird flu outbreak

Officials of Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan heads to a poultry farm in the town of Kawaminami on Dec. 20, 2016 to cull about 122,000 chickens after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Culling of chickens continues at Hokkaido farm after bird flu outbreak

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an operation to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the town of Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 18, 2016, after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected at the farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Culling of chickens continues at Hokkaido farm after bird flu outbreak

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an operation to cull chickens at a poultry farm in the town of Shimizu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 18, 2016, after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected at the farm. (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