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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Packaged chicken are pictured at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Packaged chicken are pictured at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Packaged chicken are pictured at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff workers perform a disinfecting operation in Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua)

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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff workers perform a disinfecting operation in Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua)

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JAPAN-IBARAKI-AVIAN INFLUENZA-2ND OUTBREAK

(231127) -- TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff workers perform a disinfecting operation in Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, Nov. 27, 2023. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki has been confirmed, the farm ministry said on Monday, marking the second bird flu outbreak in the country this season. (Xinhua)

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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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Avian flu virus detected in duck fecal in west Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Ducks and other birds are seen at a pond in Tottori, western Japan, on Nov. 27, 2014, where the highly pathogenic avian influenza type H5N8 virus has been detected in duck fecal samples.

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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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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

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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Vegetable factory adopts new anti-bacteria technology

OSAKA, Japan - Workers go about their business in cultivating vegetables at a TJCreate plant factory in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2014. The factory utilizes a new technology developed by Kobe Steel Ltd. to minimize pathogenic bacteria by coating its walls and floors with nickel-based alloy.

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6 chickens confirmed with highly pathogenic flu virus

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Inspectors in protective gear transport containers with culled chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 22, 2011, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu virus at the farm.

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6 chickens confirmed with highly pathogenic flu virus

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Inspectors in protective gear enter a poultry farm in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 22, 2011, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu virus at the farm.

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750 chickens dead in suspected bird flu infection in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Officials wearing protective gear spray lime to disinfect a poultry farm in the town of Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after about 750 chickens died there and highly pathogenic bird flu is suspected as the cause.

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750 chickens dead in suspected bird flu infection in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - An area of a poultry farm in the town of Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, is covered by lime on Jan. 12 after officials sprayed the substance as part of disinfection efforts at the farm. About 750 chickens have died there and highly pathogenic bird flu is suspected as the cause.

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S.Korea confirms 1st case of bird flu in 6 months

STORY: S.Korea confirms 1st case of bird flu in 6 months DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of disinfectant workers in protective white uniforms at disinfection post (courtesy of Yonhap TV) 2. various of infected farm (courtesy of Yonhap TV) 3. various of disinfectant workers in protective clothing and face masks, shuttling and burying dead ducks (courtesy of Yonhap TV) STORYLINE: South Korea on Wednesday confirmed the first case of bird flu at a duck farm in around six months, the agriculture ministry said. The highly pathogenic avian influenza case was confirmed at the duck farm in the southeastern county of Yecheon, about 160 km southeast of the capital Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The latest case of bird flu was reported here in April this year. Precautionary measures to prevent the H5N1 virus spread were underway, including the culling of some 9,800 ducks raised at the farm, the entrance control

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BELGIUM-BIRD FLU-H5N1

(220331) -- BRUSSELS, March 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A notice written in French and Dutch meaning "Due to avian flu, free-range eggs temporarily come from free-range hens in compulsory confinement" is seen as boxes of eggs are placed on the shelf in a supermarket in Brussels, Belgium, March 29, 2022. An outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in a poultry farm in Meulebeke in the province of West Flanders, Belgium, according to an official report published Wednesday by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (AFSCA). (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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ISRAEL-MARGALIOT-BIRD FLU-EGGS-DISPOSAL

(220103) -- MARGALIOT, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli worker disposes chicken eggs at a quarantined farm in a northern Israeli village of Margaliot, Jan. 3, 2022. Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a northern village, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday. In recent weeks, the virus has been detected in dozens of chicken and turkey coops in northern and southern Israel, leading to the killing of hundreds of thousands of hens, and a shortage of eggs in the country. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MARGALIOT-BIRD FLU-EGGS-DISPOSAL

(220103) -- MARGALIOT, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli worker disposes chicken eggs at a quarantined farm in a northern Israeli village of Margaliot, Jan. 3, 2022. Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a northern village, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday. In recent weeks, the virus has been detected in dozens of chicken and turkey coops in northern and southern Israel, leading to the killing of hundreds of thousands of hens, and a shortage of eggs in the country. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MARGALIOT-BIRD FLU-EGGS-DISPOSAL

(220103) -- MARGALIOT, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli worker disposes chicken eggs at a quarantined farm in a northern Israeli village of Margaliot, Jan. 3, 2022. Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a northern village, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday. In recent weeks, the virus has been detected in dozens of chicken and turkey coops in northern and southern Israel, leading to the killing of hundreds of thousands of hens, and a shortage of eggs in the country. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MARGALIOT-BIRD FLU-EGGS-DISPOSAL

(220103) -- MARGALIOT, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chicken eggs are disposed at a quarantined farm in a northern Israeli village of Margaliot, Jan. 3, 2022. Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a northern village, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday. In recent weeks, the virus has been detected in dozens of chicken and turkey coops in northern and southern Israel, leading to the killing of hundreds of thousands of hens, and a shortage of eggs in the country. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-MARGALIOT-BIRD FLU-EGGS-DISPOSAL

(220103) -- MARGALIOT, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli workers dispose chicken eggs at a quarantined farm in a northern Israeli village of Margaliot, Jan. 3, 2022. Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a northern village, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Monday. In recent weeks, the virus has been detected in dozens of chicken and turkey coops in northern and southern Israel, leading to the killing of hundreds of thousands of hens, and a shortage of eggs in the country. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rangers wearing personal protective equipment retrieve dead cranes in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rangers wearing personal protective equipment retrieve dead cranes in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A ranger wearing personal protective equipment retrieves a dead crane in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rangers wearing personal protective equipment retrieve dead cranes in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(220103) -- HULA VALLEY, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rangers wearing personal protective equipment retrieve dead cranes in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. The Hula Nature Reserve has been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Photo by Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(211230) -- HULA VALLEY, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A flock of cranes are seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, on Dec. 30, 2021. The Hula Nature Reserve and Hula Lake park have been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(211230) -- HULA VALLEY, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A crane is seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, on Dec. 30, 2021. The Hula Nature Reserve and Hula Lake park have been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HULA VALLEY-BIRD FLU

(211230) -- HULA VALLEY, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A dead crane is seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, on Dec. 30, 2021. The Hula Nature Reserve and Hula Lake park have been closed to the public to prevent the spread of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to local media. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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Tuna at Tokyo aquarium being wiped out, virus found

Only three tunas remain alive in an exhibition corner at Kasai Rinkai Aquarium in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2015, after large numbers started dying a month earlier. The aquarium, which had 69 tunas as well as dozens of other fish in the same tank on Nov. 1, 2014, is investigating whether a virus found in spleen cells of three dead fish tested is pathogenic. (Kyodo) ==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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750 chickens dead in suspected bird flu infection in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - An area of a poultry farm in the town of Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, is covered by lime on Jan. 12 after officials sprayed the substance as part of disinfection efforts at the farm. About 750 chickens have died there and highly pathogenic bird flu is suspected as the cause. (Kyodo)

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750 chickens dead in suspected bird flu infection in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Officials wearing protective gear spray lime to disinfect a poultry farm in the town of Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after about 750 chickens died there and highly pathogenic bird flu is suspected as the cause. (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)