The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed at a poultry farm in Japan this winter

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Headquarters: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mei-ryeong, hereinafter referred to as the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters) announced that it will strengthen quarantine measures at poultry farms in response to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ announcement on October 17 (Thursday) that the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred this winter at a meat chicken farm (raising approximately 19,000 birds) in Hokkaido, Japan. In Japan, since the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 type) in a dead wild bird (falcon) in Olbecho, Hokkaido on September 30 of this year, two cases* have been detected to date, and the poultry farm was reported to have an increase in deaths at a meat chicken farm in Hokkaido on October 16, and today, a highly pathogenic avian influenza case was ...