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Bird flu virus detected at Japan farm
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-06-26 21:31 The H5N2-type avian influenza
virus has been detected in chickens at a poultry farm in Mitsukaido, east
Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry
announced Sunday.
The ministry confirmed the infection of chickens with the virusat the farm
after about 430 of its 25,000 chickens died between March and May.
Poultry farms in the area have been barred from moving their chickens and
eggs beyond a radius of five kilometers from the bird-flu infected farm,
according to Kyodo News.
The local government will begin disinfecting or disposing of the chickens and
eggs at the farm on Monday, Kyodo said.
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