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Japan culled record 5.8 million chickens since Nov 2020 due to bird flu outbreak
short by Apaar Sharma / on Monday, 18 January, 2021
Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November 2020 due to bird flu, the country's public broadcaster NHK has reported. According to the NHK, a highly pathogenic variant of bird flu virus has been detected at 36 poultry farms in 15 prefectures. The total number of exterminated birds is expected to reach six million once the culling is over.
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