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Not unexpectedly, the latest outbreak of poultry deaths, this time in western Japan, has been confirmed to be from the H5N1 virus. This from the AP.
Report: Virus in chicken deaths at Japan farm identified as virulent H5 bird flu
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese authorities identified the virus found in the latest chicken deaths in western Japan as the H5 family of virulent bird flu virus, Kyodo News agency reported.
Preliminary rests indicated a bird flu outbreak in the deaths of at least 30 chickens at a farm in Okayama prefecture (state) last week, and officials have sent the virus taken from the birds to a state laboratory for further tests.
Earlier this month, thousands of chickens died in two outbreaks caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Japanese prefecture of Miyazaki. - AP
