Bird Flu Virus Detected In Kumamoto

If it isn't one thing, it's another.

A chicken farm in Kumamoto Prefecture has been hit by a bird flu virus. Kumamoto is a prime gateway to Mount Aso Volcano National Park on Kyushu.

According to the Mainichi Shimbun:

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- Two chickens tested positive Sunday for a highly pathogenic avian influenza at a farm in Kumamoto Prefecture where 1,100 chickens have died, setting off the culling through Monday of some 112,000 birds, the local and central governments said. 

The H5 virus was detected in the two birds during genetic testing of six chickens that tested positive in a simple test for bird flu, the prefectural government said. 

The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization will examine samples from the testing in detail, the local government said.

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