More Chickens Tested Positive For Bird Flu In Miyazaki Prefecture MIYAZAKI, Japan, Jan 29 (Bernama)-- The bird flu epidemic may be spreading in Miyazaki Prefecture after chickens were tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian flu virus Friday in two more locations, Kyodo news agency reported. [News Source]

National › More chickens test positive for bird flu in Miyazaki Pref The bird flu epidemic has spread in Miyazaki Prefecture, with chickens in two more locations confirmed to have infected with a highly pathogenic avian flu… [News Source]

Miyazaki bird flu epidemic spreads MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) The bird flu epidemic may be spreading in Miyazaki Prefecture after chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian flu virus Friday in two more locations. In what could be the season's fourth and fifth outbreak in the prefecture, chickens at poultry farms in Nobeoka and Kawaminami tested positive for bird flu in preliminary tests. [News Source]

Experts warn avian flu could persist in Japan. The fifth confirmed outbreak of avian flu in two months has experts concerned that migratory birds are bringing to Japan highly pathogenic viruses that could survive for a long time and devastate the nation's poultry industry. [News Source]

Aichi fifth to get hit in bird flu crisis. 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. [News Source]

Bird flu and blue-ear diseases under control in Viet Nam HA NOI - Epidemics of blue-ear in pigs and bird flu are under control but foot-and-mouth disease was still a problem, an official from the agricultural ministry said yesterday. [News Source]

Avian flu spreading at rapid pace in Japan, Aichi begins chicken cull The highly infectious H5N1 avian flu strain has been spreading this winter at an unprecedented pace throughout Japan, with Aichi prefecture the latest to be affected. Not one single case of bird flu ..... [News Source]

Avian influenza epidemic. Mass breeding of poultry has created an environment conducive to the spread of virulent viruses. We should all join forces to protect the safety of our society by keeping an eye on how our food is produced and distributed. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads further in Japan Japanese health authorities on Thursday said a fifth outbreak of bird flu since November had hit a poultry farm in the central region of Aichi, as local officials began a cull of 150,000 chickens there. [News Source]

Fifth case of bird flu detected in Japan Japanese health authorities say they have detected a fifth case of bird flu in an outbreak that has seen more than 600,000 chickens culled. [News Source]

Task Force on avian flu conducts blood sampling of ducks, chickens in Negros Oriental The provincial Task Force on Avian Influenza has conducted blood sampling of ducks and chickens in selected areas in Negros Oriental in anticipation of the arrival of migratory birds this early in the year [News Source]

Bird flu strikes farm in Japan A strain of the highly virulent avian flu virus was detected Wednesday in chickens at a poultry farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan. [News Source]