Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
December 14, 2020
[FONT="&]Experiments by national research institutes have shown that the bird flu virus, which has been detected one after another in western Japan since last month, has a longer period from infection to death than conventional viruses. It can spread in poultry farms without being aware of the infection, and great care must be taken.
Since last month, bird flu is expected to be slaughtered at an unprecedented pace in a total of 26 poultry farms in 10 prefectures in western Japan, including Kagawa and Miyazaki prefectures.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization conducted an experiment to infect chickens with the highly pathogenic "H5N8 type" virus that was first detected at a poultry farm in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]In an experiment, five chickens were infected with the virus, and it took six days for all five to die.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]The virus detected in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2004 and the virus detected in Otoshi Kagawa Prefecture all died by the third day, so this time it was found that the period from infection to death was long. It is said.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]Even if infected, there are no symptoms such as purple color of the comb, and a large number of chickens do not die immediately, so the infection may spread in the poultry farm without noticing it.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]Mr. Takehiko Nishito said, "Please pay close attention to the abnormalities of chickens and the increase in the number of dead chickens, and contact the prefecture immediately if any abnormalities are found."[/FONT]
[FONT="&]Experiments by national research institutes have shown that the bird flu virus, which has been detected one after another in western Japan since last month, has a longer period from infection to death than conventional viruses. It can spread in poultry farms without being aware of the infection, and great care must be taken.
Since last month, bird flu is expected to be slaughtered at an unprecedented pace in a total of 26 poultry farms in 10 prefectures in western Japan, including Kagawa and Miyazaki prefectures.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization conducted an experiment to infect chickens with the highly pathogenic "H5N8 type" virus that was first detected at a poultry farm in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]In an experiment, five chickens were infected with the virus, and it took six days for all five to die.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]The virus detected in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2004 and the virus detected in Otoshi Kagawa Prefecture all died by the third day, so this time it was found that the period from infection to death was long. It is said.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]Even if infected, there are no symptoms such as purple color of the comb, and a large number of chickens do not die immediately, so the infection may spread in the poultry farm without noticing it.[/FONT]
[FONT="&]Mr. Takehiko Nishito said, "Please pay close attention to the abnormalities of chickens and the increase in the number of dead chickens, and contact the prefecture immediately if any abnormalities are found."[/FONT]