After authorities in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, detected an outbreak of avian influenza at a local farm, approximately 560,000 chickens will be culled.
Bakivaxtı.az reports that this information was released by the Kyodo news agency.
It is reported that the outbreak was identified at a poultry farm in the village of Kanegasaki.
Despite the measures taken, the spread of this disease regularly occurs in Japan. Every autumn and winter, millions of infected chickens are destroyed.