NAGOYA (Kyodo) Chickens at a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, have tested positive for avian influenza, the prefectural government said Thursday, confirming the fifth outbreak this winter.
Authorities started slaughtering all 150,000 chickens at the farm and banned transport of the estimated 2.6 million chickens and eggs at the 44 poultry farms within 10 km of it, including part of neighboring Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Officials are now seeking land to bury the carcasses.