March 12, 2009
Bird flu hits third Japanese poultry farm
The third poultry farm in central Japan, Toyohashi has been tested positive for the H7 strain of bird flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) said Wednesday (Mar 11).
According to MAFF, the government departments are trying to identify what N-subtype the virus belongs to.
The third case of bird flu virus was also found on a quail farm in central Japan where two weak-virulent H7N6 subtype of bird flu virus were identified at the end of February.
The quail farm tested positive raises about 110,000 birds and has been quarantined for further investigation.
The prefectural government has limited the outflow of egg products from two farms near the quail farm.
