Japan:Chickens at Ibaraki farm test positive for antibody to bird flu
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 28, 2005 8:11 AM from Japan Today
Chickens at a farm in Ogawa, Ibaraki Prefecture, have tested positive for an antibody which indicates they were infected with a bird flue virus of the H5 strain in the past, the prefectural government said Saturday.
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The Ogawa farm GP Center of Aikeien Co. Ltd is in Nakanobu district, Ogawamchi town, Higashi Ibaraki county, Ibaraki Prefecture.
The prefectural government imposed a ban on transferring chickens and eggs from within a 5-kilometer radius from the farm to places outside of the area. The farm will cull its approximately 90,000 chickens.
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