Japan to slaughter 680,000 more chickens due to bird flu outbreak

Authorities in Niigata Prefecture in central Japan will slaughter about 680,000 chickens at a local chicken farm in connection with an outbreak of bird flu. This was reported by the Kyodo agency on Monday. On March 2, the Japanese government released statistics showing that for the first time during the bird flu season (covering the period from autumn to spring), more than 15 million chickens were destroyed in the country as part of measures to prevent the spread of infection. ...