France says record 16 million birds culled in flu outbreak
5 years agoThis undated handout from the Kumamoto prefecture government and received by Jiji Press on December 27, 2016 shows local officials, wearing avian flu anti-virus suits, using carbonated gas to kill chickens in Nankan town in Kumamoto prefecture. Japan began killing some 90,000 chickens on December 27 to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The new drive means more than a million farm birds will have been killed in seven mass culls this season as officials work to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain, which has been detected at several farms across the country. / AFP PHOTO / KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE GOVERNMENT VIA JIJI PRESS / STR / - Japan OUT /
A record 16 million chickens, ducks and other poultry have been culled in France since November in one of the most severe bird flu outbreaks in years, the agriculture ministry said Monday.