Bird flu kills record number of chickens in Japan this season

Japanese authorities have culled at least 9.98 million chickens during the current bird flu season (covering the period from autumn to spring), which was an anti-record figure. This is evidenced by statistics published on Monday on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The previous anti-record was recorded between November 2020 and March 2021, when 9.87 million chickens were slaughtered in the country due to the spread of infection. In addition, this season, 56 outbreaks of bird flu were confirmed in 23 out of 47 Japanese prefectures, which also became an ...