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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Number of chickens culled in Japan soars to 1.7m amid bird flu outbreak

Japanese authorities have begun culling another 50,000 chickens following the confirmation of a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in the northern Iwate region.

This marks the 19th outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country this season, according to the agriculture ministry.

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