First case of highly pathogenic AI in poultry farm in Japan

[Livestock Newspaper Reporter Dong-Hwi Seo] Japan's outbreak trend is similar to Korea, so caution is needed Highly pathogenic AI has occurred in poultry farms for the first time this winter in Japan, raising tensions. On the 17th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that highly pathogenic AI was confirmed in a broiler farm (raising approximately 19,000 birds) in Hokkaido, Japan, and that it plans to strengthen quarantine measures at domestic poultry farms. Currently, in Japan, since the first detection of highly pathogenic AI (H5N1 type) in a dead wild bird (falcon) in Olbecho, Hokkaido on September 30th, two cases have been detected to date, and the first case occurred on a farm on the 16th. Highly pathogenic AI has been confirmed in wild birds in Korea, but there have been no outbreaks in poultry farms. A poultry expert said, “Every year, Japan and Korea tend to have a simultaneous outbreak of highly pathogenic AI during the winter,” and “Since the ...