Source: Aya Takada, FARM PROGRESS, 11/29/16

Japan ordered the culling of 326,500 poultry after confirming bird flu in two northern Japanese farms, marking the worst outbreak of the disease since 2011, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Authorities began culling about 310,000 chickens in one of the farms in Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, a day after starting on 16,500 ducks in another farm in Aomori prefecture. In both farms the H-5 avian influenza virus was detected, the ministry said in statements.

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